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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 “shaw” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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242 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
shaw10813255(None) 
chaw126224631chaw
haw97153271_haw
pshaw13447511pshaw
saw68255351s_aw
sha69837781sha_
shad86230911shad
shag86430561shag
shah105627781shah
sham96436361sham
shat76456601shat
shawl116217571shawl
shawm135316151shawm
shawn116417611shawn
shaws116226261shaws
shay107133341shay
shew108030761shew
show106229191show
shwa106014961shwa
slaw77930711slaw
snaw78923071snaw
staw78627691staw
thaw107521311thaw
aha611246642aha_
aw512563402__aw
bashaw14349302bashaw
blaw97026722blaw
braw94829562braw
cashaw14439792cashaw
caw86647932_caw
chad105525502chad
chai95929902chai
cham115532312cham
chao95727312chao
chap114928492chap
char95132152char
chat95546132chat
chaws135022462chaws
chay124924872chay
chew126622132chew
chow125820992chow
claw95624342claw
craw97725262craw
cushaw14386982cushaw
daw77148362_daw
dhak125512032dhak
dhal86719282dhal
dhow116614002dhow
draw85623012draw
flaw106326642flaw
ghat86435282ghat
gnaw86515742gnaw
ha510259942_ha_
had77658762_had
hae67364002_hae
hag77255742_hag
hah910655222_hah
haj138140602_haj
ham86363282_ham
hao67251122_hao
hap87360052_hap
has67372652_has
hat67289962_hat
hawk145521152_hawk
haws106439442_haws
hay97358772_hay
hew97642722_hew
how97252432_how
jaw136237682_jaw
khaf145319602khaf
khan115819142khan
khat116730722khat
law68656642_law
maw87050102_maw
naw66346492_naw
paw87651172_paw
phat95837862phat
phew128417112phew
pshaws14435702pshaws
raw67252252_raw
sab56563202s_ab
sac57452862s_ac
sad47459202s_ad
sae38365182s_ae
sag46163402s_ag
sal36462882s_al
sap56463232s_ap
sat36288482s_at
sau36356572s_au
sawn75428162s_awn
saws75839482s_aws
sax107447642s_ax
say67264762s_ay
scab85926712scab
scad75725772scad
scag76626892scag
scam85932352scam
scan65530452scan
scar66434202scar
scat65848372scat
schav1338312schav
schwa13426842schwa
scow96021422scow
sea36161292sea_
seal45654372seal
seam66645972seam
sear47353842sear
seas45755272seas
seat47575562seat
sew66247262s_ew
sh56828522sh__
shack145321752shack
shade95125582shade
shadow1337252shadow
shads95124482shads
shady125416512shady
shaft115725272shaft
shags95123862shags
shahs115919512shahs
shake124726402shake
shako125516092shako
shaky154616842shaky
shale85332832shale
shall85024052shall
shalt85534492shalt
shaly114322862shaly
shame105726702shame
shams105829412shams
shank125422192shank
shape105125112shape
shard96125962shard
share86437082share
shark126225022shark
sharn84823702sharn
sharp104922532sharp
shaul85418102shaul
shave114425892shave
shawed134817232shawed
shawls125411972shawls
shawms14579562shawms
shays116021432shays
she66837692sh_e
shea76031572shea
sheaf115424122sheaf
sheal84927702sheal
shear85424832shear
sheas86331792sheas
shed86536152shed
shes75734352shes
shewn115715702shewn
shews115924712shews
shh97121072sh_h
shim95827862shim
shin75634312shin
ship95228242ship
shit76745942shit
shiv105721172shiv
shmo95318102shmo
shoal83920272shoal
shoat85633952shoat
shod86225062shod
shoe75933442shoe
shog86025142shog
shoo75929892shoo
shop95629842shop
shot76150262shot
shown115216482shown
shows115324582shows
showy145714012showy
shrew119720172shrew
shri76021702shri
shul75823152shul
shun75122772shun
shut76137592shut
shwas116415102shwas
shy96728192sh_y
sial45938832sial
ska76925862ska_
skag96321512skag
skas85325712skas
skat87037902skat
skew116218762skew
slab67133762slab
slag55934352slag
slam67737972slam
slap66434042slap
slat46959022slat
slaws85222712slaws
slay76436382slay
slew76228232slew
slow77729492slow
smew95017732smew
snag55827872snag
snap65727032snap
snaws86116362snaws
snow76324792snow
soak87227662soak
soap65831132soap
soar46838672soar
sow66554762s_ow
spa55730812spa_
spae65034322spae
spam85930042spam
span65234662span
spar65433302spar
spas67036722spas
spat66548522spat
spawn107811712spawn
spay96631662spay
spaz155626162spaz
spew95421872spew
squaw17368982squaw
stab67329932stab
stag57332002stag
star48037762star
stat47352692stat
stay78333722stay
stew77525462stew
stow77325742stow
straw813321292straw
swab96825312swab
swag87526732swag
swam96329982swam
swan76631312swan
swap95925432swap
swat77244442swat
sway107128232sway
taw610155452_taw
thae76825562thae
than76128772than
that75639322that
thaws116515462thaws
thew108226232thew
thraw1110515922thraw
vaw95937462_vaw
waw97046382_waw
wha96422072wha_
wham125321692wham
whap125119642whap
what105434072what
whew137618782whew
yaw97145152_yaw

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298722420.86034734.9
3Display Results2422420.0465260.9
 (SQL Overall)1786912421.186150666.9
 
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