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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 “shipworms” 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.

25 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
shipworms194341(None) 
shipworm1843791shipworm_
whipworms2242731whipworms
slipforms1642682slipforms
whipworm2142962whipworm_
hairworms1743973hairworms
pinworms15115783_pinworms
sandworms1545653sandworms
shipboards1894103shipboards
shipborne1652843shipborne
shiploads1543813shiploads
shippers153012313shipper_s
shippons15255663shippo_ns
shipways1944073shipw_ays
shipyards1842983shipyards
shopworn1643983shopwor_n
silkworms1843153silkworms
slipform1543583slipform_
slipwares1444253slipwares
slopworks1843663slopworks
slowworms1763033slowworms
soapworts1444323soapworts
spanworms1643743spanworms
stopwords1544003stopwords
whipcords2042113whipcords

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641257.08020994.5
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.51623774.7
 
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