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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 “sheafs” 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.

74 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
sheafs12491288(None) 
sheaf115424121sheaf_
sheals94420641sheals
shears93820901shears
sheas86331791shea_s
cheaps134613682cheaps
cheats114519542cheats
chefs136214662che_fs
haafs115711162_haafs
heads95127112_heads
heals85733452_heals
heaps105223222_heaps
hears86737372_hears
heats85838402_heats
khafs15648842kh_afs
leafs85721182_leafs
rheas84816952rhea_s
seals54839692s_eals
seams75731662s_eams
sears54744912s_ears
seas45755272s_ea_s
seats54844342s_eats
seifs85019332s_eifs
selfs85220242s_elfs
serfs84922012s_erfs
shads95124482sh_ads
shaft115725262sh_aft
shafts125411442sh_afts
shags95123862sh_ags
shahs115919512sh_ahs
shams105829412sh_ams
shaws116226262sh_aws
shays116021432sh_ays
shea76031572shea__
sheafed14388972sheafed
sheal84927702shea_l
shear85424832shea_r
sheath12412892sheath
sheaths1358752sheaths
sheave124514002sheave
sheaves134412972sheaves
sheds96122702she_ds
sheens95116992sheens
sheers94322402sheers
sheets93918502sheets
sheiks132510012sheiks
shelf115221112shelf_
shells94319522shells
shends105313772shends
sheols94614162sheols
sherds105614722sherds
sherifs13299682sherifs
shes75734352she__s
shews115924712she_ws
shmears1277072shmears
shnaps1148082shnaps
shoals94215792shoals
shoats94117082shoats
shwas116415102shwa_s
skeans104512912skeans
smears84714432smears
sneaks104312492sneaks
sneaps84510862sneaps
speaks125114582speaks
speans85417142speans
spears84019472spears
steads74116222steads
steaks104415852steaks
steals64020062steals
steams84916902steams
swears94114072swears
sweats94814612sweats
wheals124512522wheals
wheats125013222wheats

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551742.43633887.9
3Display Results74740.0164625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691742.79563932.4
 
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