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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 “earlships” 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.

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
earlships144477(None) 
earlship1345111earlship_
hardships1845652hardships
palships1546212pa_lships
wardships1844592wardships
warships1647552war_ships
airships1347713_airships
arshins10312573_ar_shins
deanships1545993dea_nships
earlaps936393earl__aps
earshots1146623ear_shots
fireships1746023fireships
guruships1542983guruships
hardship1746043hardship_
headships1845673hea_dships
heirships1744963heir_ships
ladyships1843323ladyships
lairdships1653003lairdships
lordships1544263lordships
mateships1646473mateships
palship1446843pa_lship_
parsnips1245533par_snips
preships1539313_preships
reships1239863__reships
starships1447663star_ships
tankships1844643tankships
tranships14410333tranships
wardship1744893wardship_
warship1547843war_ship_
worships1647103wor_ships

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641306.44023080.9
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.87325999.0
 
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