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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 “shellack” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

50 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
shellack174508(None) 
shellac1236691shellac_
shellacks1844551shellacks
shellacs1345571shellacs
shellback2043601shellback
shelduck1862062shelduck
shellacked2042002shellacked
shellbacks2153412shellbacks
shellbark1843022shellbark
sherlock1744242sherlock
shoeblack2043152shoeblack
eyeblack19102733eyeblack
heliac111010893_heliac_
hellcat12410173_hellcat
hemlock1845633_hemlock
hillock1646693_hillock
pollack1567333_pollack
setback1567143s_etback
shack145321753sh___ack
sheila969843sheila__
sheilas1059403sheila_s
shelducks1951913shelducks
shell84424123shell___
shellacking2151863shellacking
shellbarks1952623shellbarks
shelled113815093shell_ed
sheller103515893shell_er
shellers112812583shellers
shellier1138393shellier
shelling123515213shelling
shells94319523shell__s
shellwork1943253shellwork
shelly124414473shell__y
shelta93111793shelta__
sheltas10279673shelta_s
sherlocks1843953sherlocks
shetland1244633shetland
shillala11143793shillala
shlock15378193sh__lock
shoeblacks2153013shoeblacks
shoelace1345293shoelace
shoepack1943783shoepack
shtetlach1751483shtetlach
shylock1945053sh_ylock
skewback1843903skewback
slack115021763s___lack
stella63612973stella__
stellar72610433stella_r
stellas72813043stella_s
stellate8310503stellate

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162507.45319611.2
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691507.87222699.6
 
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