Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shortchange” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

30 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
shortchange205169(None) 
shortchanged2261331shortchanged
shortchanger2171341shortchanger
shortchanges2151621shortchanges
shortchangers2271112shortchangers
shortage1236313short__a_ge
shortcake1843203shortc_a_ke
shortchanging2371073shortchanging
shorthand1643753short_han_d
shorthanded1952253short_handed
shorthands1743493short_hands
gearchange1752234gear_change
hotching17309314_ho_tching_
outcharge1544814__outcharge
rechange1458184___rechange
scootching1843364scootching_
scorching1735634scor_ching_
scotching1735654sco_tching_
shortages1336514short__a_ges
shortcakes1943024shortc_akes
shortcoming1951954shortcoming_
shortcomings2051184shortcomings
shortening1445304shortening_
shortenings1542684shortenings
shorthair1543024short_ha_ir
shorthaired1851914short_haired
shorthairs1672814short_hairs
shorting122514804short__ing_
shortwave1842484short_wa_ve
surcharge1543834s_ur_charge

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819308.96616598.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.40518999.6
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.