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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 “shells” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

130 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
shells9431952(None) 
hells85032041_hells
sells55134431s_ells
sheals94420641sheals
shell84424121shell_
shelly124414471shelly
sheols94614161sheols
shills94519611shills
skells105013781skells
smells83914741smells
snells64614201snells
spells84617681spells
swells93913981swells
bells76432162_bells
cells75428062_cells
chelas113817202chelas
chills114717702chills
dells66630942_dells
dwells10417712dwells
ells46431352__ells
fells85327382_fells
ghylls1335142ghylls
halls85633782_halls
heals85733452_heals
heels85625532_heels
heils85222192_heils
hell75637892_hell_
hello86522982_hello
hellos95321682_hellos
helms105619462_helms
helos84928062_helos
helps105219342_helps
herls85226432_herls
hills85431352_hills
hulls84923562_hulls
jells125522162_jells
knells10439252knells
kvells13346612kvells
mells75031332_mells
quells15359702quells
scalls84218202scalls
sculls84613882sculls
seals54839692s_eals
seels55632822s_eels
selfs85220242s_elfs
sell45840612s_ell_
selle54428312s_elle
selles64426982s_elles
sels46345982s_e_ls
shales94731252shales
shall85024052shall_
shauls94913112shauls
shawls125411972shawls
sheafs124912882sheafs
sheal84927702sheal_
shears93820902shears
sheas86331792she_as
sheds96122702she_ds
sheens95116992sheens
sheers94322402sheers
sheets93918502sheets
sheiks132510012sheiks
sheila969842sheila
sheilas1059402sheilas
shekels1436042shekels
shelf115221112she_lf
shellac1236692shellac
shellacs1345572shellacs
shelled113815082shelled
sheller103515882sheller
shellers112812572shellers
shelta93111792shelta
sheltas10279672sheltas
shelty124011552shelty
shelve124012762shelve
shelves134112092shelves
shelvy15377862shelvy
shends105313772shends
sheol84318372sheol_
sheqels1934752sheqels
sherds105614722sherds
shes75734352she__s
shews115924712she_ws
shields11538042shields
shiels95418922shiels
shill85325332shill_
shleps114710332shleps
shoals94215792shoals
shools94919012shools
shorls94516202shorls
shrills10389932shrills
shtetls1034582shtetls
shuls85319712sh_uls
sills55135992s_ills
skell94915832skell_
skelms12368022skelms
skelps12407922skelps
skills104313922skills
skulls10429642skulls
smalls84514122smalls
smell74916232smell_
smelly114110362smelly
smelts85412772smelts
snell54517302snell_
spalls84217342spalls
speels85116392speels
speils84116222speils
spell75020302spell_
spelts84614642spelts
spills84717462spills
stalls64019932stalls
steals64020062steals
steels64117982steels
steles63725662steles
stella63612972stella
stellas72813042stellas
stills64118572stills
stulls63912982stulls
swell84815982swell_
swills94213362swills
tells55828942_tells
thills95515382thills
unshells1145922unshells
wells85426192_wells
wheals124512522wheals
wheels123811712wheels
whelks16367322whelks
whelms14377572whelms
whelps14437842whelps
yells85821942_yells

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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit825511302.64031269.3
3Display Results1301300.0304333.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911303.06058395.8
 
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