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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 “sherds” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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93 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
sherds10561472(None) 
herds96424681_herds
shards104319171shards
sheds96122701she_ds
shends105313771shends
sherd96321151sherd_
shreds105613051shreds
chards125119732chards
cherts115617232cherts
chords125214632chords
hards96435652_hards
heads95127112_heads
heeds95420422_heeds
herbs105520502_herbs
herd84933062_herd_
heres86245902_heres
herls85226432_herls
herms105626432_herms
herns84825582_herns
heros84930862_heros
hers75844872_her_s
hurds95219072_hurds
nerds65719252_nerds
sards64736182s_ards
scends95213002scends
seeds64330062s_eeds
seers55136382seer_s
sends65528242s_ends
seres55448892s_eres
serfs84922012s_erfs
sers45746652s_er_s
shads95124482sh_ads
shairds11216262shairds
shard96125962shard_
shares95236412shares
sharks135019722sharks
sharns95516982sharns
sharps115516082sharps
sheafs124912882sheafs
sheals94420642sheals
shears93820902shears
sheas86331792she_as
shed86536152she_d_
sheens95116992sheens
sheers94322402sheers
sheets93918502sheets
sheiks132510012sheiks
shells94319522shells
shend94719972shend_
sheols94614162sheols
sherif122915242sherif
sherifs13299682sherifs
sherpa1138092sherpa
sherpas1238092sherpas
sherris10168802sherris
sherry124510412sherry
shes75734352she__s
shews115924712she_ws
shields11538042shields
shiers94921752shier_s
shires95225572shires
shirks134814122shirks
shirrs94413172shirrs
shirts94918342shirts
shoers94518332shoer_s
shores94830412shores
shorls94516202shorls
shorts95321742shorts
shred98125612shred_
shrews129313922shrews
shris84221452sh_ris
shyers124712202shyer_s
sleds64418852sle_ds
smerks12449712smerks
sneds65715352sne_ds
sords64527802s_ords
speeds94316052speeds
spends94714472spends
sperms102512602sperms
spheres123114352spheres
steads74116222steads
steeds73814882steeds
steres63929532steres
sterns64616762sterns
suers55128482suer_s
surds65624662s_urds
swards105415132swards
swords104510802swords
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
thirds10438602thirds
ushers94415532usher_s
wheres125917432wheres

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551932.45333653.1
3Display Results93930.0303100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691932.82663231.1
 
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