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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 “shellackings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

29 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
shellackings225107(None) 
shellacking2151861shellacking_
shellacks1844553shellack___s
blackings18316764___blackings
hellacious1553514_hellac_ious
hopsackings2351104_hopsackings
sackings15389634s____ackings
safecrackings256894safecrackings
shacking184014084sh___acking_
shealings13317564she__a_lings
shearings13337564she__a_rings
shearlings1443534she__arlings
sheathings1743914she__athings
shellack1745084shellack____
shellacked2042014shellack__ed
shellacs1345574shellac____s
shellbacks2153424shellback___s
shelling123515214shell___ing_
shelvings16283824she_l__vings
shillings13348094shill___ings
shuckings19273854sh___uckings
shylocking2342514sh_ylocking_
skyjackings275824s_kyjackings
slacking153914134s___lacking_
speakings16345934spe__a_kings
spellings12296554spell___ings
spelunkings18131114spe_lunkings
steelmakings19122004steelmakings
swellings13296104swell___ings

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit124790297.70316200.2
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691298.23221706.9
 
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