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

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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
ashen8781867(None) 
ashed97829771ashed
ashes86230611ashes
ashmen1168171ashmen
aspen75216091aspen
aahed917816442aahed
ache96829822ache_
ached119227832ached
achene11313812achene
aches106132292aches
admen84516182admen
ahed89536252a_hed
ahem97225362a_hem
alien56425582alien
amen66733152a_men
arpen74418042arpen
arshin9312172arshin
ascend9429732ascend
ascent84519652ascent
asea46327182as_ea
ash67944602ash__
ashcan1135842ashcan
ashier94714832ashier
ashing107824092ashing
ashler9459972ashler
ashman1148382ashman
ashy107717352ash_y
asked106919312asked
asker96418782asker
askew12529412askew
aspens85013352aspens
asper75520432asper
assent65119952assent
asses55629282asses
asset55932262asset
aster55434892aster
astern64815812astern
astheny1345292astheny
axmen145112272axmen
bashed126225702bashed
basher115123812basher
bashes115631392bashes
cashed125124352cashed
cashes114729882cashes
cashew144311452cashew
dashed115920562dashed
dasheen1136392dasheen
dasher104318982dasher
dashes106124982dashes
fashed136720252fashed
fashes124524022fashes
fasten95114892fasten
gashed116321972gashed
gasher104320372gasher
gashes105725152gashes
gasmen93111562gasmen
harshen1339282harshen
hashed136021942hashed
hashes125024802hashes
hasten95718562hasten
hen67555272__hen
kasher134915032kasher
lashed105625212lashed
lasher94824532lasher
lashes94831002lashes
mashed125325042mashed
masher114123202masher
mashes115030002mashes
pashed125923142pashed
pashes115828392pashes
rasher95024122rasher
rashes95330152rashes
sashed105622942sashed
sashes94728482sashes
seen46943122_seen
sen36058522_s_en
she66837692_she_
shea76031572_shea
shed86536152_shed
sheen85023312_sheen
shend94719972_shend
shent85933502_shent
shes75734352_shes
shew108030762_shew
shewn115715702_shewn
shin75634312_shin
shun75122772_shun
then78429692_then
usher84517762usher
washed135521502washed
washer124720392washer
washes124425492washes
when105723042_when

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800931.67332157.8
3Display Results93930.0137153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691931.99989390.2
 
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