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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 “shantey” 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.

31 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
shantey13421004(None) 
chantey154112541chantey
shanteys14395511shanteys
shanty124715121shant_y
chanted134015952chanted
chanter123919732chanter
chanteys16387492chanteys
chantry15388222chantry
chanty145215822chant_y
hanted104124312_hanted
scanted104114392scanted
scanter94215182scanter
scantly12419552scantly
scanty114014662scant_y
shafted14288812shafted
shaley123714992sha_ley
shandy134710032shan_dy
shanked153212122shanked
shanny124110092shan_ny
shanti94014092shant_i
shanties113116592shanties
shantih13309642shantih
shantis103313102shantis
shatter103615702shatter
shinney13368292shinney
shunted11339782shunted
shunter103611732shunter
slanted83514742slanted
slantly10399322slantly
slanty95114842slant_y
slatey95417062sla_tey

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671313.61029825.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.98644829.7
 
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