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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 “phew” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

134 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
phew12841711(None) 
chew126622131chew
hew97642721_hew
pew86442301p_ew
plew97222811plew
shew108030761shew
thew108226231thew
whew137618781whew
ahed89536252ahed
ahem97225362ahem
anew76623132anew
blew94722432blew
brew95023562brew
chaw126224632chaw
chef125125622chef
chews135418512chews
chewy165011902chewy
chez184519022chez
chow125820992chow
clew95520572clew
crew96122682crew
dew77139922_dew
dhow116614002dhow
drew86221672drew
few95436962_few
flew105824252flew
ghee85726112ghee
grew85620262grew
haw97153272_haw
he58151952_he_
heh96039622_heh
hem86148732_hem
hen67555272_hen
hep86644142_hep
her66547812_her
hes66654202_hes
het67674312_het
hewn106719852_hewn
hews105631572_hews
hex137436172_hex
hey96741062_hey
how97252432_how
jew135129082_jew
khet116328622khet
knew115912122knew
mew86137732_mew
nephew1434112nephew
new66237092_new
ohed87825182ohed
paw87651172p_aw
pe47649032p_e_
pea56657242p_ea
pec76744412p_ec
ped66751522p_ed
pee56066512p_ee
peed76239182peed
peek106031432peek
peel65535612peel
peen65938082peen
peep85833692peep
peer66238352peer
pees65257372pees
peg65843062p_eg
peh86740962p_eh
pehs95625762pehs
pen56558842p_en
pep76447082p_ep
per56353092p_er
pes57259782p_es
pet56477302p_et
pews95731532p_ews
phat95837862phat
phi86524202ph_i
phis95724902phis
phiz186718842phiz
phon95925382phon
phot95534362phot
pht86030522ph_t
phut96925972phut
pie55457402pie_
pied75035362pied
pier66035292pier
pies66949602pies
plea66830602plea
pleb86123812pleb
pled75231432pled
plews105415352plews
plex137321372plex
plow95923232plow
poem86225772poem
poet65552902poet
pow87147282p_ow
pree67044732pree
prep86427672prep
prex135722972prex
prey96228482prey
prez156126312prez
prow97030382prow
pshaw13447512pshaw
pye86432502pye_
pyes95528992pyes
rhea75017432rhea
sew66247262_sew
shaw108132552shaw
she66837692she_
shea76031572shea
shed86536152shed
shes75734352shes
shewn115715702shewn
shews115924712shews
show106229192show
shrew119720172shrew
skew116218762skew
slew76228232slew
smew95017732smew
spew95421872spew
stew77525462stew
tew66640152_tew
thaw107521312thaw
the67436052the_
thee78039062thee
them97427042them
then78429692then
thews117416192thews
thewy146311852thewy
they107223752they
threw1117315712threw
view105917672view
whee105429592whee
when105723042when
whet105133782whet
whews145114492whews
whey135018712whey
yew96436292_yew

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit298721340.84335435.3
3Display Results1341340.0334060.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911341.186150666.9
 
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