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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 “shark” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

174 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
shark12622502(None) 
chark144222711chark
hark115237391_hark
sark84938971s_ark
shack145321751shack
shank125422191shank
shard96125961shard
share86437081share
sharks135019721sharks
sharn84823701sharn
sharp104922531sharp
shirk124817841shirk
snark95419941snark
spark114920891spark
stark95425621stark
ark77044962__ark
bark106242152_bark
cark105539272_cark
chalk144814602chalk
char95132152char_
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
charka154011702charka
charks155219702charks
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chirk144516182chirk
dark95133212_dark
dhak125512032dha_k
hack135134542_hack
haik115526982_haik
hank115134142_hank
hard85443502_hard
hare76255732_hare
harks126333432_harks
harl75740002_harl
harm95637792_harm
harp96134292_harp
hart76865772_hart
hawk145521152_hawk
lark85733862_lark
mark105138062_mark
nark85230062_nark
park105237492_park
quark184614122quark
sack105337312s_ack
sank85236832s_ank
sard55344242s_ard
sari45444042s_ari
sarks96632462s_arks
sarky125521782s_arky
scar66434202scar_
scare75334462scare
scarf105427142scarf
scarp95724102scarp
scars75433532scars
scart76139772scart
scary105222592scary
sear47353842sear_
sears54744912sears
sha69837782sha__
shacko153810112shacko
shacks154817562shacks
shad86230912sha_d
shade95125582shade
shads95124482shads
shady125416512shady
shaft115725262shaft
shag86430562sha_g
shags95123862shags
shah105627782sha_h
shahs115919512shahs
shaird10288702shaird
shairn9269062shairn
shake124726402shake
shako125516092shako
shaky154616842shaky
shale85332832shale
shall85024052shall
shalt85534492shalt
shaly114322862shaly
sham96436362sha_m
shame105726702shame
shams105829412shams
shanks135315582shanks
shape105125112shape
shards104319172shards
shared105829062shared
sharer95025482sharer
shares95236412shares
sharia93116732sharia
sharif122917122sharif
sharked153613912sharked
sharker144313812sharker
sharns95516982sharns
sharny124711832sharny
sharps115516082sharps
sharpy145211032sharpy
shat76456602sha_t
shaul85418102shaul
shave114425892shave
shaw108132552sha_w
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shawn116417612shawn
shaws116226262shaws
shay107133342sha_y
shays116021432shays
shear85424832shear_
shears93820902shears
sheik122514662sheik
sherd96321152sherd
shire84727132shire
shirks134814122shirks
shirr84716922shirr
shirt84533902shirt
shock144917032shock
shook124920162shook
shore85432652shore
shorl84720252shorl
shorn85722182shorn
short85040532short
shrank13359122shrank
shri76021702sh_ri
shtik123210962shtik
shuck144314532shuck
skank84415582skank
slack115021762slack
slank95822772slank
smack134615452smack
smarm95517602smarm
smart75834092smart
smerk115412722smerk
smirk116612752smirk
snack114718062snack
snare54429982snare
snarf86525422snarf
snarks104815732snarks
snarky134210842snarky
snarl54921082snarl
soak87227662soa_k
soar46838672soar_
soars54732512soars
spank115919572spank
spar65433302spar_
spare75135562spare
sparks124616362sparks
sparky154511522sparky
spars75431542spars
squark19438112squark
stack114421692stack
stalk94518002stalk
stank95823302stank
star48037762star_
stare54440262stare
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
stirk95717412stirk
stork96819692stork
swank125318232swank
sward94221462sward
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218832swarm
swart86234642swart
thack144915172thack
thank125817802thank
tharm105916642tharm
wark115737772_wark
whack174813022whack
wharf14315822wharf

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit538001741.46636698.5
3Display Results1741740.0463782.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911741.608111126.2
 
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