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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 “shards” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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143 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
shards10431917(None) 
chards125119731chards
hards96435651_hards
sards64736181s_ards
shads95124481sha_ds
shairds11216261shairds
shard96125961shard_
shares95236411shares
sharks135019721sharks
sharns95516981sharns
sharps115516081sharps
sherds105614721sherds
swards105415131swards
awards107113452awards
bards87139642_bards
beards94116672beards
boards94616932boards
cards85137932_cards
chads116122232cha_ds
charas114223612charas
chard116124742chard_
chares115631802chares
charks155219702charks
charms135218842charms
charrs115219192charrs
chars105936642char_s
charts115823092charts
chords125214632chords
echards1337962echards
fards96629842_fards
guards84611572guards
hands95327382_hands
hard85443502_hard_
hardy125622062_hardy
hares86255542_hares
harks126333432_harks
harls85634502_harls
harms106829012_harms
harps105926872_harps
harts88441592_harts
herds96424682_herds
hoards104912622hoards
hurds95219072_hurds
lards65331862_lards
liards75212612liards
nards65928462_nards
pards85634332_pards
pharos11312062pharos
saids65328852s_aids
sands65228582s_ands
sard55344242s_ard_
saris54544952s_aris
sarks96632462s_arks
sarods74918572s_arods
saros55238062s_aros
scads85419962sca_ds
scalds94813692scalds
scares85033002scares
scarfs114714682scarfs
scarps104718602scarps
scars75433532scar_s
scarts85321492scarts
sears54744912sear_s
shacks154817562shacks
shad86230912sha_d_
shade95125582sha_de
shades105924532shades
shady125416512sha_dy
shafts125411442shafts
shags95123862sha_gs
shahs115919512sha_hs
shaird10288702shaird_
shairns10276782shairns
shakes135024592shakes
shakos134912192shakos
shales94731252shales
shamas113717942shamas
shames114726222shames
shamos114216982shamos
shams105829412sha_ms
shamus114112812shamus
shandy134710032shandy
shanks135315582shanks
shapes115124952shapes
share86437082shar_e
shared105829062shared
sharer95025482sharer
sharers104720622sharers
sharia93116732sharia
sharias102516002sharias
sharif122917122sharif
sharifs13279902sharifs
shark126225022shar_k
sharn84823702shar_n
sharny124711832sharny
sharp104922532shar_p
sharpy145211032sharpy
shauls94913112shauls
shaves125224932shaves
shawls125411972shawls
shawms14579562shawms
shaws116226262sha_ws
shays116021432sha_ys
shears93820902shear_s
sheds96122702sh_eds
shends105313772shends
sherd96321152sherd_
shires95225572shires
shirks134814122shirks
shirrs94413172shirrs
shirts94918342shirts
shores94830412shores
shorls94516202shorls
shorts95321742shorts
shreds105613052shreds
shris84221452sh_ris
skalds11437832skalds
smarms105712532smarms
smarts86218002smarts
snares65329032snares
snarfs95113422snarfs
snarks104815732snarks
snarls64016872snarls
soars54732512soar_s
sords64527802s_ords
spares84834552spares
sparids103512122sparids
sparks124616362sparks
spars75431542spar_s
stands75118052stands
stares66038752stares
stars55836572star_s
starts65423122starts
surds65624662s_urds
sward94221462sward_
swarfs125612062swarfs
swarms116112172swarms
swords104510802swords
tharms115712242tharms
thirds10438602thirds
wards97734402_wards
wharfs1546372wharfs
yards95324612_yards

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511432.58031996.5
3Display Results1431430.0463108.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911432.96960185.6
 
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