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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 “sheathers” 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.

27 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
sheathers155755(None) 
heathers143914731_heathers
sheather1458231sheather_
sheathes14610191sheathe_s
breathers14319102breathers
cheaters133613512cheat_ers
feathers143513242_feathers
heaters104225222_heat_ers
heathens143210152_heathens
heather133914852_heather_
heathery17349082_heathery
leathers114215082_leathers
pleathers1446452pleathers
seaters74028942s_eat_ers
shatters113313912sh_atters
shearers113911322shea_rers
sheathe1348992sheathe__
sheathed1547222sheathe_d
sheaths1358752sheath__s
sheeters113111862sheet_ers
shelters113412812shelt_ers
slathers113914782s_lathers
swathers144512082s_wathers
sweaters113811062sweat_ers
theaters114211902theat_ers
weathers143412832_weathers
wreathers15257492wreathers

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911214360.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit121436276.53018596.6
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.32624391.3
 
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