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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 “shrewish” 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.

53 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
shrewish174474(None) 
sheepish1645412sheepish
shrewing15228092shrewing
shrewishly2251832shrewishly
shrews129313922shrew_s_
brewis11469983_brewis_
cherish15310463ch_erish
greyish1435173_greyish
herewith1755193herewith
newish1237903__newish
ogreish1134673ogre_ish
prewash1535213_prewash
rawish123012913__rawish
relish93916953__relish
rewash1237673__rewash
screwier1346433screwier
screwiest1445473screwiest
screwing14288233screwing
screws115513893screw_s_
serfish1348973ser_fish
sheesh1237813sh_e_esh
sheikh16206993sh_e_ikh
sherris10168803sherris_
shewing143812193sh_ewing
shews115924713sh_ew_s_
shortish1437423shortish
shreds105613053shre_ds_
shrew119720173shrew___
shrewd136810783shrew__d
shrewder1534403shrewder
shrewdest1643253shrewdest
shrewdie1542993shrewdie
shrewdies1643743shrewdies
shrewdly1842543shrewdly
shrewed14589853shrew_ed
shrewlike1943383shrewlike
shrewmice1951533shrewmice
shris84221453shr__is_
sidewise1245353sidewise
skreigh15243703skre_igh
slowish1337633s_lowish
somewise1345553somewise
steepish1375823steepish
strewing12289853strewing
strews96817103strew_s_
surffish1744783surffish
sweetish1445373sweetish
swish115114823s___wish
therewith1843543therewith
thievish1743263thievish
thresh12276863thre__sh
wherewith2152713wherewith
wheyish1944063wh_eyish

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 Limit146162536.72021750.3
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691537.18624866.5
 
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