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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsheer” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 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
sheer8472689(None) 
cheer105420381cheer
seer45547041s_eer
shear85424831shear
sheen85023311sheen
sheep105321521sheep
sheers94322401sheers
sheet84836951sheet
shewer124515101shewer
shier85428941shier
shoer84722151shoer
shyer114714781shyer
sneer54919951sneer
speer74623901speer
steer55423861steer
sweer84918571sweer

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit28756160.54652666.7
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691160.626285448.9