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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 “shrewdly” 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.

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
shrewdly184254(None) 
shrewd136810782shrewd__
shrewder1534402shrewder
shrewdie1542992shrewdie
lewdly1334403__lewdly
redly94217203__re_dly
sacredly1444473sacre_dly
scrawly15197193scraw_ly
screwy14659463screw__y
serenely1147623serenely
sheerly13337703sh_eerly
shelly124414473sh_e_lly
showily1636223sh_owily
shred98125613shre_d__
shredded1444063shredded
shredder1334403shredder
shreds105613053shre_d_s
shrew119720173shrew___
shrewdest1643253shrewdest
shrewdies1643743shrewdies
shrewed14589853shrew_ed
shrewing15228093shrewing
shrewish1744743shrewish
shrewishly2251833shrewishly
shrews129313923shrew__s
shrilly13318563shr_illy
sordidly1344663sordidly
sorely94618013sore__ly
sprawly15166043spraw_ly
surely93816463sure__ly
thrawnly1741793thrawnly
thready14435903thread_y
tiredly1136803tire_dly

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162336.72021750.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.17224915.1
 
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