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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 “shellfishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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74 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
shellfishes205258(None) 
swellfishes2052141swellfishes
sheatfishes2052482sheatfishes
shellfires1642562shellfi_res
shellfish1843222shellfish__
shellfishery246852shellfishery
billfishes1844253_billfishes
dealfishes1744193_dealfishes
fallfishes1943983_fallfishes
headfishes2044413_headfishes
hellfires1564473_hellfi_res
jellyfishes2781843_jellyfishes
sablefishes1952893sablefishes
sailfishes1644643s_ailfishes
shellfire1542523shellfi_re_
shellfisheries2310443shellfisheries
spearfishes1953163spearfishes
swellfish1842703swellfish__
angelfishes1862694angelfishes
challises14358784chall_is_es
cherishes1767564che__rishes
coalfishes1844694_coalfishes
devilfishes2151994devilfishes
embellishes1852094embell_ishes
filefishes1944484_filefishes
foolfishes1943764_foolfishes
goldfishes1863564_goldfishes
hagfishes1945154_h_agfishes
hellfire1464274_hellfi_re_
hellish13310724_hell_ish__
hellishly1843574_hell_ishly
hellishness1744114_hell_ishness
hellkites1644634_hellki_tes
hogfishes1944684_h_ogfishes
jewelfishes2751784jewelfishes
jewfishes2543384_je_wfishes
killifishes2152044killifishes
milkfishes2243124_milkfishes
needlefishes1951374needlefishes
overfishes1947014ove_rfishes
redfishes1645794_re_dfishes
relishes11311954_re_l_ishes
sandfishes1745544s_andfishes
sawfishes1845744s__awfishes
selfish1388514s_e_lfish__
selfishly1843634s_e_lfishly
selfishness1743814s_e_lfishness
sheatfish1843254sheatfish__
shelflike1943124shelfli_ke_
shellier1138394shell_i__er
shelliest1238034shell_i__est
shelties111111384she_lti__es
sherrises12156874she_rris_es
snakefishes2152414snakefishes
spadefishes2052694spadefishes
spearfished2052104spearfished
squawfishes2952044squawfishes
stablishes1545374stabl_ishes
starfishes1646154s_tarfishes
stellifies1344314stell_ifies
stellites938124stell_i_tes
stockfishes2352884stockfishes
stonefishes1753714stonefishes
studfishes17103794s_tudfishes
suckfishes2243434s_uckfishes
sunfishes1547034s__unfishes
surffishes1984074s_urffishes
swordfishes2152164swordfishes
thelitises1354874thelitis_es
tilefishes1644604_tilefishes
trellises947024trell_is_es
weakfishes2343354_weakfishes
whitefishes2352644whitefishes
wolffishes2242984_wolffishes

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819748.79616918.9
3Display Results74740.0302466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691749.24919320.0
 
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