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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 “sharpens” 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.

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
sharpens1337781(None) 
sharpen12389721sharpen_
sharpers133810941sharpers
arpens84814822__arpens
happens14359172_happens
hardens113815022_hardens
harkens144112862_harkens
harpers124916202_harpers
harpins123615702_harpins
resharpens1542562resharpens
sarsens7311392s_arsens
scarpers124712512scarpers
shagreens1342632shagreens
shapen114414652sha_pen_
shapers124016892sha_pers
shapes115124942sha_pe_s
sharers104720622shar_ers
shares95236412shar_e_s
sharkers154011052sharkers
sharns95516982shar__ns
sharped134112052sharpe_d
sharpened1544482sharpened
sharpener1444582sharpener
sharpeners1543892sharpeners
sharper124312702sharpe_r
sharpest1339142sharpest
sharpies13411222sharpies
sharping143011372sharping
sharpness1434932sharpness
sharps115516082sharp__s
shippens15316802shippens
shortens11288992shortens
smartens10286662smartens

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059333.81331749.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691334.21942353.9
 
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