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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 “shelters” 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.

62 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
shelters11341281(None) 
sheeters113111861sheeters
shellers112812581shellers
shelter103214961shelter_
shelvers14388811shelvers
skelters12349371skelters
smelters103310511smelters
spelters103912241spelters
swelters113110191swelters
belters93819412_belters
cheaters133613512cheaters
halters104619802_halters
heaters104225222_heaters
hefters134312002_hefters
hellers103619832_hellers
helpers123311852_helpers
kelters113813752_kelters
melters93918312_melters
pelters93720312_pelters
philters1398172philters
salters73622252s_alters
scepters1237792scepters
seaters74028942s_eaters
sellers73721322s_ellers
seltzers1735062s_eltzers
setters73822062s_etters
shatters113313912shatters
shearers113911322shearers
sheathers1557552sheathers
shedders13267432shedders
sheers94322402she__ers
sheeter103814912sheeter_
sheller103515892sheller_
sheltas10279672shelt_as
sheltered1335582sheltered
shelterer1245042shelterer
shelterers1344342shelterers
shelties111111382shelties
shelver134211062shelver_
shelves134112092shelve_s
shewers134312052she_wers
shielders1334762shielders
shifters14319862shifters
shooters112811582shooters
shouters113510622shouters
shunters113210752shunters
shutters113611352shutters
shysters14106462shysters
skeeters12298962skeeters
skelter113610002skelter_
smellers10329772smellers
smelter93311912smelter_
smeltery13274962smeltery
specters122811062specters
spellers102812762spellers
spelter94113702spelter_
svelter10359672svelter_
sweaters113811062sweaters
swelter103711172swelter_
theaters114211902theaters
welters103516062_welters
whetters14246652whetters

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059623.21637642.7
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691623.62249334.9
 
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