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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 “shearling” 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
shearling133692(None) 
shealing123415461shea_ling
shearing123915901shear_ing
shearlings1443531shearlings
healing113922962_hea_ling
hearing113324162_hear_ing
hearsing1239382_hearsing
hearting12513122_hearting
pearling11912012_pearling
sealing83528562s_ea_ling
searing83330922s_ear_ing
sharing113723242sh_ar_ing
sharking163912972sh_arking
sharping143011372sh_arping
shauling1249392sh_auling
shawling1558222sh_awling
sheafing15329482shea_fing
shealings13317562shea_lings
shearings13337562shear_ings
sheathing1636872sheathing
sheaving154110252shea_ving
sheering123715102sheer_ing
shelling123515212she_lling
shoaling123111752shoa_ling
smearing113511752smear_ing
snarling92513182s_narling
sparling112714532s_parling
spearing113216102spear_ing
starling93017122s_tarling
stealing93416602stea_ling
sterling93615552ste_rling
swearing123711442swear_ing
yearling1297882_yearling

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436333.22037713.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.61049498.9
 
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