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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 “sheila” 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.

33 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
sheila96984(None) 
sheilas1059401sheilas
chela103916802che_la
heil76328932_heil_
heils85222192_heils
hila76228352_h_ila
shea76031572she__a
sheal84927702sheal_
sheals94420642sheals
sheik122514662shei_k
sheikh16206992sheikh
sheiks132510012sheiks
sheitan1036572sheitan
shelf115221112she_lf
shell84424122she_ll
shellac1236692shellac
shells94319522shells
shelly124414472shelly
shelta93111792shelta
sheol84318372sheol_
sheols94614162sheols
sherpa1138092sherpa
shiel811023772shiel_
shield106212972shield
shiels95418922shiels
shill85325332sh_ill
shily115222012sh_ily
shiva115915002sh_iva
shrill94712302shrill
speil75618642speil_
speils84116222speils
stela54019042ste_la
stella63612972stella

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551332.53032628.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.90661490.4
 
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