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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 “shellfish” 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
shellfish184322(None) 
swellfish1842701swellfish
hellish13310722_hell_ish
selfish1388512s_e_lfish
sheatfish1843252sheatfish
shellfire1542522shellfire
shellfishes2052582shellfishes
billfish1645033_billfish
dealfish1545503_dealfish
elfish1267963__e_lfish
fallfish1744463_fallfish
headfish1845443_headfish
hellfire1464273_hellfire
jellyfish2551903_jellyfish
sablefish1742903sablefish
sailfish1446053s_ailfish
serfish1348973s_e_rfish
sheepish1645413she_epish
shelflike1943123shelflike
shellacs1345573shellacs_
shellers112812583shellers_
shellfires1642563shellfires
shellfishery246853shellfishery
shellier1138393shell_ier
shelliest1238033shelliest
shelling123515213shell_ing
shells94319523shell__s_
smallish1346573small_ish
spearfish1743603spearfish
swellfishes2052143swellfishes

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 Filter1786911486410.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit148641307.21620598.8
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691307.71623158.5
 
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