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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 “shawling” 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.

65 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
shawling155822(None) 
shauling1249391shauling
shawing143514881shaw_ing
bawling133813862_bawling
brawling143210042brawling
chawing164813032chaw_ing
crawling143110512crawling
drawling13318672drawling
hailing113820692_hailing
haling104229782_ha_ling
hauling113714432_hauling
hawing134322352_haw_ing
hawking183711422_hawking
howling143413162_howling
pshawing1733522pshaw_ing
sailing83927372s_ailing
sapling103217862s_apling
sawing104323812s_aw_ing
scaling103519372sca_ling
scowling1458292scowling
scrawling15195582scrawling
sealing83528562sea_ling
shacking184014082shacking
shackling19286172shackling
shading123115562sha_ding
shafting15278682shafting
shagging14349052shagging
shaking153317252sha_king
shambling1735592shambling
shaming133016742sha_ming
shamming16289412shamming
shanking163612282shanking
shaping133116182sha_ping
sharing113723242sha_ring
sharking163912972sharking
sharping143011372sharping
shaveling1646842shaveling
shaving143414332sha_ving
shealing123415462shealing
shearling1336922shearling
shelling123515212shelling
shewing143812192shew_ing
shieling123512402shieling
shilling123315382shilling
shoaling123111752shoaling
shooling123012562shooling
showing143814662show_ing
showring1548322showring
snailing92912972snailing
snarling92513182snarling
snawing113612482snaw_ing
spalling113213462spalling
sparling112714532sparling
spawning14296912spawning
sprawling15175122sprawling
stabling112913652stabling
staling83925422sta_ling
stalling95116702stalling
stapling112813152stapling
starling93017122starling
thawing14378682thaw_ing
trawling122710782trawling
wawling143810962_wawling
whaling143910772wha_ling
yawling14369182_yawling

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059653.86031362.4
3Display Results65650.0135000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691654.27941760.0
 
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