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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 “shortie” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

35 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
shortie1041134(None) 
shortia1048191shortia
shorties11414581shorties
sortie63621991s_ortie
chortle124210442chortle
dhootie1136472dhootie
hogtie102711772_hogtie
hottie92514382_hottie
scottie937462scottie
sharpie1238392sharpie
sheltie10109912sheltie
shirtier1137942shirtier
shore85432652shor__e
short85040532short__
shortage1236312shortage
shorted113614402shorted
shorten103511412shorten
shorter103515502shorter
shortias1148092shortias
shorting122514802shorting
shortish1437422shortish
shortly13387572shortly
shorts95321742short_s
shorty124313202short_y
shote85526102sho_t_e
showtime1643772showtime
smartie9310172smartie
softie93312482s_oftie
sortied83314102s_ortied
sorties74126402s_orties
sportier102010052sportier
sportif1238802sportif
sportive1348332sportive
thorite10313442thorite
whortle13335942whortle

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671353.06335152.1
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.45251764.5
 
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