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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 “shares” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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286 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
shares9523641(None) 
chares115631801chares
hares86255541_hares
scares85033001scares
shades105924531shades
shakes135024591shakes
shales94731251shales
shames114726221shames
shapes115124941shapes
shards104319171shards
share86437081share_
shared105829061shared
sharer95025481sharer
sharers104720621sharers
sharks135019721sharks
sharns95516981sharns
sharps115516081sharps
shaves125224931shaves
shires95225571shires
shores94830411shores
snares65329031snares
spares84834551spares
stares66038751stares
ares45871022__ares
bares75457132_bares
blares85021632blares
cares77369182_cares
chafes145017912chafes
chapes135421872chapes
charas114223612charas
chards125119732chards
chare105231982chare_
chared125423692chared
charges134615982charges
charks155219702charks
charms135218842charms
charrs115219192charrs
chars105936642char_s
charts115823092charts
chases115128232chases
chores114828022chores
dares66146702_dares
fares85852872_fares
flares94521702flares
glares75518862glares
hades96035112_hades
haeres94017032_haeres
haes77651022_ha_es
hajes155420942_hajes
hakes126034302_hakes
hales85449842_hales
hames106138702_hames
hards96435652_hards
hare76255732_hare_
hared95742182_hared
harem104924452_harem
harems115513822_harems
harks126333432_harks
harls85634502_harls
harms106829012_harms
harps105926872_harps
harts88441592_harts
hates86742572_hates
haves116034872_haves
hazes174928322_hazes
heres86245902_heres
hires86134342_hires
lares54852632_lares
mares76457632_mares
nares55544152_nares
pares77164482_pares
phages125213512phages
pharos11312062pharos
phases114618402phases
rares55247442_rares
sabes76437462s_abes
sabres85520862sabres
sades65239892s_ades
safes85226722s_afes
sages65339062s_ages
sakes95540752s_akes
sales56055592s_ales
sanes55649072s_anes
sards64736182s_ards
saree55044662s_aree
sarees65329942s_arees
sarges75128592s_arges
saris54544952s_aris
sarks96632462s_arks
saros55238062s_aros
sates54949322s_ates
saves85838632s_aves
saxes125229342s_axes
scales84529312scales
scapes105122262scapes
scare75334462scare_
scared95227292scared
scarer84524612scarer
scarers94618512scarers
scarey115016982scarey
scarfs114714682scarfs
scarps104718602scarps
scars75433532scar_s
scarts85321492scarts
scarves124511622scarves
scores84725922scores
seared75232842seared
searer65432022searer
searest73322022searest
sears54744912sear_s
seres55448892s_eres
shacks154817562shacks
shade95125582shade_
shaded114518872shaded
shader104218762shader
shaders115915552shaders
shads95124482sha_ds
shafts125411442shafts
shags95123862sha_gs
shahs115919512sha_hs
shairds11216262shairds
shairns10276782shairns
shake124726402shake_
shaken134113612shaken
shaker134319462shaker
shakers144015562shakers
shakoes144510022shakoes
shakos134912192shakos
shale85332832shale_
shaled105023952shaled
shaley123714992shaley
shamas113717942shamas
shame105726702shame_
shamed125120212shamed
shammes144312832shammes
shamos114216982shamos
shams105829412sha_ms
shamus114112812shamus
shanks135315582shanks
shape105125112shape_
shaped125020102shaped
shapen114414652shapen
shaper114119932shaper
shapers124016892shapers
shard96125962shar_d
sharia93116732sharia
sharias102516002sharias
sharif122917122sharif
sharifs13279902sharifs
shark126225022shar_k
sharked153613912sharked
sharker144313812sharker
sharkers154011052sharkers
sharn84823702shar_n
sharny124711832sharny
sharp104922532shar_p
sharped134112052sharped
sharpen12389722sharpen
sharpens13377812sharpens
sharper124312702sharper
sharpers133810942sharpers
sharpest1339142sharpest
sharpies13411222sharpies
sharpy145211032sharpy
shauls94913112shauls
shave114425892shave_
shaved135118382shaved
shaven124213302shaven
shaver123718912shaver
shavers134115092shavers
shavies134213202shavies
shawed134817232shawed
shawls125411972shawls
shawms14579562shawms
shaws116226262sha_ws
shays116021432sha_ys
sheared114516002sheared
shearer104414682shearer
shearers113911322shearers
shears93820902shear_s
sheaves134412972sheaves
sheers94322402sheers
sherds105614722sherds
shes75734352sh__es
shiers94921752shiers
shies86136552sh_ies
shines95028912shines
shire84727132shire_
shirks134814122shirks
shirrs94413172shirrs
shirts94918342shirts
shives124921412shives
shmoes114612102shmoes
shoers94518332shoers
shoes85429662sh_oes
shore85432652shore_
shored105723652shored
shorls94516202shorls
shorts95321742shorts
shotes95321912shotes
shoves124919422shoves
shred98125612sh_red
shreds105613052sh_reds
shrew119720172sh_rew
shrews129313922sh_rews
shris84221452sh_ris
shutes93518222shutes
shyers124712202shyers
sires55945372s_ires
skates104219402skates
slakes104021882slakes
slates64934062slates
slaves95023022slaves
smarms105712532smarms
smarts86218002smarts
smazes174311662smazes
snakes103919602snakes
snare54429982snare_
snared74824552snared
snarer64620842snarer
snarers74216662snarers
snarfs95113422snarfs
snarks104815732snarks
snarls64016872snarls
snores64324322snores
soared74324292soared
soarer64522242soarer
soarers74118092soarers
soars54732512soar_s
soaves94218672soaves
sores55454282s_ores
spaces104722632spaces
spades94222582spades
spaes76029972spa_es
spales84728102spales
spare75135562spare_
spared95427492spared
sparer84524962sparer
sparers94519612sparers
sparest94616422sparest
sparges104016342sparges
sparks124616362sparks
spars75431542spar_s
sparse84516342sparse
spates85028172spates
spheres123114352spheres
spires84628112spires
spores84726612spores
squares163714462squares
stades74626242stades
stages75629492stages
stakes103927292stakes
stales65538292stales
stanes64933402stanes
stapes85028732stapes
stare54440262stare_
stared75429872stared
starer64027362starer
starers74522312starers
starets73515922starets
stars55836572star_s
starts65423122starts
starves104614552starves
stases64225562stases
states64337082states
staves94525192staves
steres63929532steres
stores65533662stores
sucres84218892sucres
swages104417072swages
swales93920762swales
swards105415132swards
sware85828212sware_
swarfs125612062swarfs
swarms116112172swarms
tares57456562_tares
thanes94918982thanes
tharms115712242tharms
theres96525472theres
urares64519092urares
wares88250582_wares
whales124716942whales
wharfs1546372wharfs
wharves16457132wharves
wheres125917432wheres
whores125617102whores

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit825512862.53332590.2
3Display Results2862860.0763763.2
 (SQL Overall)1786912862.93560882.8
 
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