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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 “sheol” 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.

88 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
sheol8431837(None) 
sheal84927701sheal
shell84424121shell
sheols94614161sheols
shool84523151shool
heal75645692_heal
heel75034222_heel
heil76328932_heil
hell75637892_hell
helo75332852_helo
herl75834552_herl
phenol1149252phenol
salol55222142salol
school11410722school
seal45654372s_eal
seel45042982s_eel
sel38253322s_e_l
sell45840612s_ell
shall85024052shall
shaul85418102shaul
shawl116217572shawl
she66837692she__
shea76031572she_a
sheaf115424122sheaf
sheals94420642sheals
shear85424832shear
sheas86331792sheas
shed86536152she_d
sheds96122702sheds
sheen85023312sheen
sheep105321522sheep
sheer84726892sheer
sheet84836962sheet
sheik122514662sheik
sheila969842sheila
shekel1338382shekel
shelf115221112shelf
shells94319522shells
shelly124414472shelly
shend94719972shend
shent85933502shent
sheqel1846522sheqel
sherd96321152sherd
shes75734352she_s
shew108030762she_w
shewn115715702shewn
shews115924712shews
shiel811023772shiel
shill85325332shill
shmo95318102shmo_
shoal83920272shoal
shod86225062sh_od
shoe75933442sh_oe
shoed95723012shoed
shoer84722162shoer
shoes85429662shoes
shog86025142sh_og
shoo75929892sh_oo
shook124920162shook
shools94919012shools
shoon84022012shoon
shoos84226362shoos
shoot84235912shoot
shop95629842sh_op
shorl84720252shorl
shot76150262sh_ot
show106229192sh_ow
shtetl936442shtetl
shul75823152sh_ul
skell94915832skell
smell74916232smell
snell54517302snell
snool55118642snool
sokol94612292sokol
sol37256622s__ol
sotol54917652sotol
speel74420762speel
speil75618642speil
spell75020302spell
spool75219042spool
steal56125472steal
steel55721992steel
sterol6613332sterol
stool55619892stool
swell84815982swell
thiol87616042thiol
wheal115716182wheal
wheel115515342wheel

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 Filter178691538000.653273646.2
2DLD Change Limit53800881.81329674.6
3Display Results88880.0332666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691882.49971505.0
 
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