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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 “potsherds” 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.

50 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
potsherds154402(None) 
potshards1544051potshards
potsherd1434811potsherd_
potheads14298542pot_heads
potherbs15387122pot_herbs
pothers123818622pot_her_s
potshard1444532potshard_
botchers153511543botcher_s
bothers124317753bot_her_s
coshers123618183co_sher_s
cowherds1735423co_wherds
cowsheds1734743cowshe_ds
goatherds1444203goatherds
gooseherds1562183gooseherds
hogsheads1773673hogsheads
hotheads15318023hot_heads
joshers174111593jo_sher_s
koshers144811803ko_sher_s
moshers124017843mo_sher_s
mothers123717623mot_her_s
noshers103614333no_sher_s
notchers13279423notcher_s
others93918003_ot_her_s
patchers153413303patcher_s
pishers123815753p_isher_s
pitchers153211483pitcher_s
pitheads14338143pit_heads
plashers133813453plasher_s
poachers152910763poacher_s
pochards1646853po_chards
poisers94214433pois_er_s
polishers1477603polisher_s
posers84223973po_s_er_s
posher115018163po_sher__
postcards1445733postcards
posterns102713723po_sterns
posters93928013po_ster_s
postheats1447433postheats
potashes1337833potashe__s
pothead133810393pot_head_
potheens13266483pot_heens
pother113818853pot_her__
potherb14358683pot_her_b
pothered142311043pot_hered
potshots1346283potsh_ots
potsies93019483potsie__s
potters94024343pot_ter_s
potzers184010543pot_zer_s
pushers123814503p_usher_s
sherds105614723___sherds

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641508.09318366.6
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691508.53220943.6
 
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