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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 “should” 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.

46 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
should103803(None) 
ahold94714252aho_ld
could86517712_could
ghoul959052ghoul_
ghouls1036042ghouls
hold86235062_ho_ld
hound95016482_hound
mould86015752_mould
scold85414862sco_ld
shaul85418102shaul_
shauled1148792shauled
shauls94913112shauls
shield106212972shield
shoal83920272shoal_
shoaled113810972shoaled
shoals94215792shoals
shoaly124010772shoaly
shod86225062sho__d
shoed95723012sho_ed
shooed103916082shooed
shool84523152shool_
shooled115212662shooled
shools94919012shools
shored105723652shored
shorl84720252shorl_
shorls94516202shorls
shoulder1234752shoulder
shouldst1243392shouldst
shout85433172shou_t
shouted113911552shouted
shouts94017722shouts
shoved134214282shoved
showed135016972showed
shroud1038772shrou_d
shul75823152sh_ul_
shuln84713112sh_uln
shuls85319712sh_uls
sold54837412s_o_ld
soul46435712s_oul_
souled75419822s_ouled
souls55127362s_ouls
sound64420022s_ound
stound7399902stound
swound10377632swound
thoued10429002thoued
would95513152_would

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551462.23636919.1
3Display Results46460.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691462.57969286.9
 
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