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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 “sheather” 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.

32 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
sheather145823(None) 
heather133914851_heather
sheathe1348991sheathe_
sheathed1547221sheathed
sheathers1557551sheathers
sheathes14610191sheathes
aweather1434262aweather
breather133610592breather
cheater124816962cheat_er
feather133613502_feather
heater94828302_heat_er
heathen133410892_heathen
heathers143914732_heathers
heathery17349082_heathery
heathier1438342_heathier
leather103815782_leather
pleather1356652pleather
seater64534162s_eat_er
shatter103615702sh_atter
shearer104414692shea_rer
sheath12412892sheath__
sheaths1358752sheath_s
sheeter103814912sheet_er
shelter103214962shelt_er
slather103816082s_lather
swather134213602s_wather
sweater103712722sweat_er
sweatier1147032sweatier
theater104014252theat_er
weather133513222_weather
whether16346622whe_ther
wreather14268602wreather

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059323.26637066.4
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.67248663.1
 
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