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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 “sheiks” 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.

75 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
sheiks13251001(None) 
sheik122514661sheik_
sheikh16206991sheikh
sheikhs17233991sheikhs
shtiks13297831shtiks
checks174912702checks
cheeks154712782cheeks
haiks125120932_haiks
hecks145220652_hecks
heils85222192_heils
heirs85618562_heirs
schriks16185742schriks
schtiks16184742schtiks
seeks94724642s_eeks
seifs85019332s_eifs
seis45542392s_ei_s
shacks154817562shacks
shanks135315582shanks
sharks135019722sharks
sheafs124912882sheafs
sheals94420642sheals
shears93820902shears
sheas86331792she_as
sheds96122702she_ds
sheens95116992sheens
sheers94322402sheers
sheets93918502sheets
sheila969842sheila
sheilas1059402sheilas
shells94319522shells
shends105313772shends
sheols94614162sheols
sherds105614722sherds
sherifs13299682sherifs
shes75734352she__s
shews115924712she_ws
shiels95418922shiels
shiers94921752shiers
shies86136552sh_ies
shiksa1394652sh_iksa
shikse1386072sh_ikse
shims104422552sh_ims
shins85131042sh_ins
ships105123772sh_ips
shirks134814122shirks
shits84731172sh_its
shivs115018802sh_ivs
shocks154414582shocks
shooks134515632shooks
shrieks14377672shrieks
shrike134513242shrike
shrikes144412392shrikes
shrinks14397912shrinks
shris84221452shri_s
shticks16356962shticks
shtik123210962shtik_
shucks154010412shucks
skeins103911902skeins
sleeks104512462sleeks
smeeks12428432smeeks
smerks12449712smerks
sneaks104312492sneaks
snecks124410032snecks
speaks125114582speaks
specks144312702specks
speils84116222speils
speirs85013232speirs
speiss84311642speiss
spiks114117472s_piks
steaks104415852steaks
steeks103613702steeks
steins64818342steins
theins95015422theins
theirs94610352theirs
whelks16367322whelks

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.670266703.0
2DLD Change Limit82551755.20615856.9
3Display Results75750.0461630.4
 (SQL Overall)178691755.92230174.1
 
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