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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 “sharia” 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.

48 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
sharia9311673(None) 
shariah132210531shariah
sharias102516001sharias
sharif122917121sharif
aria46245422__aria
charka154011702charka
dharma1276102dharma
dharna1055262dharna
gharial1137342gharial
maria75032882_maria
sari45444042s_ari_
sarin55239252s_arin
saris54544952s_aris
scoria8513502scoria
shaird10288702shaird
shairn9269062shairn
shard96125962shar_d
shards104319172shards
share86437082shar_e
shared105829062shared
sharer95025482sharer
shares95236412shares
shariahs14206392shariahs
sharifs13279902sharifs
sharing113723242sharing
shark126225022shar_k
sharks135019722sharks
sharn84823702shar_n
sharns95516982sharns
sharny124711832sharny
sharp104922532shar_p
sharpie1238402sharpie
sharps115516082sharps
sharpy145211032sharpy
shavie124312422shavie
sherif122915242sherif
sherpa1138092sherpa
shortia1048192shortia
shri76021702sh_ri_
shris84221452sh_ris
solaria7312492solaria
sparid94016932sparid
stadia7312142stadia
stria55723212s_tria
sudaria847972sudaria
thoria93012892thoria
varia85824202_varia
zoaria1548382zoaria

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 Limit82551482.62631436.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.98559863.0
 
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