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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 “shellacks” 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.

38 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
shellacks184455(None) 
shellack1745081shellack_
shellacs1345571shellac_s
shellbacks2153411shellbacks
shelducks1951912shelducks
shellac1236692shellac__
shellacked2042002shellacked
shellback2043602shellback_
shellbarks1952622shellbarks
sherlocks1843952sherlocks
shoeblacks2153012shoeblacks
eyeblacks20102323eyeblacks
hellcats1346323_hellcats
hemlocks1944993_hemlocks
hillocks1736063_hillocks
pollacks1656373_pollacks
setbacks1686303s_etbacks
shacks154817563sh___acks
sheilas1059403sheila__s
shelduck1862063shelduck_
shellacking2151863shellacking
shellackings2251073shellackings
shellbark1843023shellbark_
shellers112812573shell_ers
shells94319523shell___s
shellworks2043143shellworks
sheltas10279673shelta__s
sherlock1744243sherlock_
shetlands1343743shetlands
shillalas12133293shillalas
shlocks16317183sh__locks
shoeblack2043153shoeblack_
shoelaces1445233shoelaces
shoepacks2043513shoepacks
shylocks2044153sh_ylocks
skewbacks1943513skewbacks
slacks124416533s___lacks
stellas72813043stella__s

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641387.70319296.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691388.13921954.9
 
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