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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 “shady” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

117 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
shady12541651(None) 
shad86230911shad_
shade95125581shade
shads95124481shads
shaky154616841shaky
shaly114322861shaly
shandy134710031shandy
shay107133341sha_y
beady114719922beady
chad105525502chad_
chads116122232chads
chary135023132chary
chay124924872cha_y
glady105413942glady
had77658762_had_
hade85440192_hade
hadj155818672_hadj
handy125520872_handy
hardy125622062_hardy
hay97358772_ha_y
hazy1918119192_hazy
heady125117262heady
khadi1367602khadi
lady86527152_lady
leady95618602leady
ready94821502ready
sad47459202s_ad_
sade55544472s_ade
sadi55834642s_adi
sadly94519122s_adly
sagy85327082s_agy
sandy94221132sandy
say67264762s_a_y
scad75725772scad_
scads85419962scads
scaly104718722scaly
scary105222592scary
seamy105921272seamy
seedy94821532seedy
sha69837782sha__
shabby1635802shabby
shack145321752shack
shaded114518872shaded
shader104218762shader
shades105924532shades
shadfly1733782shadfly
shadily1437722shadily
shadow1337252shadow
shadowy1744722shadowy
shaduf1337062shaduf
shaft115725272shaft
shag86430562sha_g
shaggy14478042shaggy
shags95123862shags
shah105627782sha_h
shahs115919512shahs
shake124726402shake
shako125516092shako
shale85332832shale
shaley123714992shaley
shall85024052shall
shalt85534492shalt
sham96436362sha_m
shame105726702shame
shammy16388502shammy
shamoy14379912shamoy
shams105829412shams
shank125422192shank
shanny124110092shanny
shanty124715122shanty
shape105125112shape
shard96125962shard
shards104319172shards
share86437082share
shark126225022shark
sharn84823702sharn
sharny124711832sharny
sharp104922532sharp
sharpy145211032sharpy
shat76456602sha_t
shaul85418102shaul
shave114425892shave
shaw108132552sha_w
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shawn116417612shawn
shaws116226262shaws
shays116021432shays
shed86536152shed_
sheds96122702sheds
shily115222012shily
shindy13449322shindy
shiny115122142shiny
shoaly124010772shoaly
shod86225062shod_
shoddy1434542shoddy
showy145714012showy
shy96728192sh__y
shyly144811572shyly
slaty86523152slaty
slay76436382sla_y
snaky125113912snaky
soapy106114782soapy
soddy104210702soddy
spacy125415622spacy
spade84423322spade
spado83713702spado
spay96631662spa_y
stade64825302stade
stagy96618892stagy
stay78333722sta_y
steady103510202steady
study94411792study
swamy136714402swamy
sway107128232swa_y
toady96814342toady
wady115324992_wady

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit538001171.76630464.3
3Display Results1171170.0303900.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911172.13983539.5
 
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