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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 “showerless” 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.

37 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
showerless164254(None) 
dowerless1344012_dowerless
flowerless1642882flowerless
powerless1444292_powerless
sewerless1244302s_ewerless
shoeless1137802sho_e_less
shoreless1236632shore_less
showerers1545072shower_ers
bowelless1443833_bowelless
cheerless1495293ch_eerless
coverless1436803_coverless
holeless1189363_hole_less
homeless131110133_home_less
hopeless13118303_hope_less
powderless1642593_powderless
scoreless1155603score_less
shadeless1335733shade_less
shameless1435923shame_less
shapeless1435573shape_less
sheerlegs1343293sh_eerlegs
sheerness1236273sh_eerness
sheetless1235823sh_eetless
shelterless1452043shelterless
shovelers15174943shove_lers
shovellers16173783shovellers
showered1537013shower_e_d
showerer1436163shower_e_r
showerhead2051953showerhead
showerheads2151843showerheads
showers134612683shower___s
showiness1576073show_iness
shutterless1452133shutterless
smokeless1543553smoke_less
snowless1145633snow__less
soberness1186463s_oberness
soleless8910033s_ole_less
thowless1434613thow__less

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603375.92323738.5
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.35928100.5
 
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