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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 “shairns” 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.

33 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
shairns1027678(None) 
shairds11216261shairds
shairn9269061shairn_
sharns95516981sha_rns
airns55521032__airns
bairns86710872_bairns
cairns85313302_cairns
chains114819702chai_ns
chairs114916182chair_s
hairs86225172_hair_s
sains55639972s_ai_ns
sarins63932622s_arins
shaird10288702shair_d
shaitans1136412shaitans
shamans123610902shamans
shards104319172sha_rds
shares95236412sha_res
sharias102516002sharias
sharifs13279902sharifs
sharing113723242sharing
sharks135019722sha_rks
sharn84823702sha_rn_
sharny124711832sha_rny
sharps115516082sha_rps
shins85131042sh_i_ns
shires95225572sh_ires
shirks134814122sh_irks
shirrs94413172sh_irrs
shirts94918342sh_irts
stains64923652stai_ns
stairs65416332stair_s
swains94513952swai_ns
thairms1244452thairms

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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671336.92315552.7
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.68623248.9
 
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