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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shafts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

98 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
shafts12541144(None) 
hafts116219461_hafts
shaft115725261shaft_
shifts124412941shifts
chafes145017912chafes
chaffs17459612chaffs
chants115020392chants
charts115823092charts
chats105730092cha_ts
crafts115312742crafts
drafts105012532drafts
ghats95818612gha_ts
ghauts10447782ghauts
grafts105013252grafts
haets86525122_haets
haft105941842_haft_
halts85230102_halts
hants86335402_hants
harts88441592_harts
hats76858252_ha_ts
hefts116218152_hefts
khafs15648842khaf_s
khats125316012kha_ts
krafts13438852krafts
rafts87820632_rafts
safes85226722s_afes
salts55431882s_alts
scants85219722scants
scarts85321492scarts
scats75930602sca_ts
scatts85914662scatts
seats54844342sea_ts
shacks154817562shacks
shades105924532shades
shads95124482sha_ds
shafted14288812shafted
shags95123862sha_gs
shahs115919512sha_hs
shakes135024592shakes
shakos134912192shakos
shales94731252shales
shalt85534492shalt_
shamas113717942shamas
shames114726222shames
shamos114216982shamos
shams105829412sha_ms
shamus114112812shamus
shanks135315582shanks
shanti94014092shanti
shantis103313102shantis
shanty124715122shanty
shapes115124942shapes
shards104319172shards
shares95236412shares
sharks135019722sharks
sharns95516982sharns
sharps115516082sharps
shat76456602sha_t_
shauls94913112shauls
shaves125224932shaves
shawls125411972shawls
shawms14579562shawms
shaws116226262sha_ws
shays116021432sha_ys
sheafs124912882sheaf_s
sheets93918502sheets
shift114225142shift_
shifty15409262shifty
shirts94918342shirts
shists96515112shists
shits84731172sh_its
shoats94117082shoats
shoots94619362shoots
shorts95321742shorts
shots84730852sh_ots
shotts93614702shotts
shouts94017722shouts
shrifts1335962shrifts
shunts95712022shunts
shuts85622482sh_uts
sifts84918922s_ifts
skats94621542ska_ts
slants64819082slants
slats55436902sla_ts
smalts85214892smalts
smarts86218002smarts
snafus936742snafus
softs85019232s_ofts
spaits85017472spaits
spats75031382spa_ts
staffs12349752staffs
starts65423122starts
stats55933362sta_ts
swats85726862swa_ts
swifts12408172swifts
thefts12387922thefts
wafts116920552_wafts
whats117718992wha_ts

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551983.67022493.5
3Display Results98980.0332969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691983.81346863.6
 
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