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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 “shawms” 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.

68 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
shawms1457956(None) 
shams105829411sha_ms
shawls125411971shawls
shawm135316151shawm_
shaws116226261shaw_s
chams126028502cha_ms
charms135218842charms
chasms135513142chasms
chaws135022462chaw_s
haems105517012_haems
halms105225212_halms
hams96446132_ha_ms
harms106829012_harms
hawks155415702_hawks
haws106439442_haw_s
pshaws14435702pshaw_s
saws75839482s_aw_s
scams94423972sca_ms
seams75731662sea_ms
shacks154817562shacks
shades105924532shades
shads95124482sha_ds
shafts125411442shafts
shags95123862sha_gs
shahs115919512sha_hs
shakes135024592shakes
shakos134912192shakos
shales94731252shales
shaloms1288982shaloms
sham96436362sha_m_
shamas113717942shamas
shame105726702sha_me
shames114726222shames
shammas14358722shammas
shammes144312832shammes
shammos14307202shammos
shammy16388502shammy
shamos114216982shamos
shamus114112812shamus
shanks135315582shanks
shapes115124942shapes
shards104319172shards
shares95236412shares
sharks135019722sharks
sharns95516982sharns
sharps115516082sharps
shauls94913112shauls
shaves125224932shaves
shaw108132552shaw__
shawed134817232shawed
shawl116217572shaw_l
shawn116417612shaw_n
shays116021432sha_ys
shews115924712shew_s
shims104422552sh_ims
shows115324582show_s
shwas116415102sh_was
slams74927902sla_ms
slaws85222712slaw_s
smarms105712532smarms
snaws86116362snaw_s
spams94922192spa_ms
spasms10418972spasms
spawns11577922spawns
swarms116112172swarms
tharms115712242tharms
thaws116515462thaw_s
whams135515642wha_ms

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551682.84329036.6
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691683.23355271.0
 
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