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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 “shellback” 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.

27 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
shellback204360(None) 
shellack1745081shell_ack
shellbacks2153411shellbacks
shellbark1843021shellbark
shellac1236692shell_ac_
shellacks1844552shell_acks
shellacs1345572shell_acs
shellbarks1952622shellbarks
callback1845333_callback
fallback1944553_fallback
fullback1943853_fullback
halfback2244243_halfback
holdback2044513_holdback
pullback1844243_pullback
quillback2652333quillback
rollback1644883_rollback
seatback1675823s_eatback
setback1567143s_e_tback
shelduck1862063she_lduck
shellacked2042003shell_acked
shellwork1943253shellwork
sherlock1744243sherl_ock
shoeblack2043153shoebl_ack
skewback1843903ske_wback
sweepback2252933sweepback
sweptback2252333sweptback
whaleback2343263whaleback

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641276.94021418.0
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.35924282.0
 
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