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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 “shelflike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

49 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
shelflike194312(None) 
sheaflike1942971sheaflike
elflike1435132__elflike
serflike1536272s_erflike
shalelike1645882shalelike
shedlike1635832she_dlike
sheetlike1644332sheetlike
shellfire1542512shellfire
calflike1735153_calflike
childlike1942983childlike
eellike1138233_eel_like
feltlike1534983_feltlike
gulflike1643453_gulflike
halflife1743213_halflife
halolike1537403_halolike
hellfire1464263_hellfire
hemplike1936123_hemplike
henlike1448693_he_nlike
herblike1735883_herblike
herdlike1636113_herdlike
hooflike1834853_hooflike
leaflike1534713_leaflike
saltlike1237253s_altlike
scalelike1545253scalelike
seallike12108323s_eallike
seamlike14127183s_eamlike
seedlike1335993s_eedlike
sharklike1543933sharklike
sheldrake1752083sheldrake
shellfires1642553shellfires
shellfish1843223shellfish
shellier1138393shel_lier
shelling123515213shel_ling
sheltie10109913shel_ti_e
shrewlike1943383shrewlike
shrublike1842713shrublike
silklike1135523s_ilklike
sleeplike1543463sleeplike
soullike1236813soul_like
spearlike1544143spearlike
stalklike1243903stalklike
steedlike1443653steedlike
stellite839533stel_lite
stemlike1436723ste_mlike
steplike1436733ste_plike
surflike1535933s_urflike
whalelike1943993whalelike
wheylike2143403whe_ylike
wolflike1834063_wolflike

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641496.39323250.6
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691496.82626178.0
 
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