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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 “chiefs” 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.

68 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
chiefs1450965(None) 
chefs136214661ch_efs
chief134419481chief_
chiels115115931chiels
briefs115510072briefs
cahiers123510672cahiers
chafes145017912chafes
chaffs17459612chaffs
cheeks154712782cheeks
cheeps135312912cheeps
cheers114518912cheers
chef125125622ch_ef_
chess105016922ch_ess
chews135418512ch_ews
chias104625522chi_as
chiaus113611312chiaus
chicas135916472chicas
chicks175317592chicks
chicos134614832chicos
chics123920942chi_cs
chiders135312942chiders
chides124620472chides
chiefer1536862chiefer
chiefest1645312chiefest
chiefly1834102chiefly
chiel104918972chie_l
chield124610212chield
chields13507482chields
chiles115425302chiles
chilis115517872chilis
chills114717702chills
chimbs153910302chimbs
chimers144515142chimers
chimes134922572chimes
chimps155713662chimps
chinas115119402chinas
chines115029172chines
chinks155817572chinks
chinos115018692chinos
chins105631462chi_ns
chints115117832chints
chips125721252chi_ps
chirks155414842chirks
chirms135113982chirms
chiros114617772chiros
chirps135414002chirps
chirrs114514982chirrs
chirus114615692chirus
chis95933312chi__s
chisels12219102chisels
chits105424572chi_ts
chives144317592chives
chuffs17427782chuffs
clefs106616242c_lefs
cliffs14477592cliffs
coifs105718702coi_fs
criers83918582criers
cries75438402crie_s
cuifs104814692cui_fs
fiefs116213702_fiefs
griefs10418722griefs
hies74842842_hie_s
kiefs126112212_kiefs
shiels95418922shiels
shiers94921752shiers
shies86136552shie_s
thief114516302thief_
whiffs1835082whiffs

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551682.40634310.5
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691682.79663909.5
 
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