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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 “sheaflike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

55 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
sheaflike194297(None) 
shelflike1943121shelflike
leaflike1534712_leaflike
seallike12108322s_eallike
seamlike14127182s_eamlike
serflike1536272s_erflike
shedlike1635832she_dlike
sheetlike1644332sheetlike
spearlike1544142spearlike
beadlike15137253_beadlike
beaklike13155773_beaklike
beamlike16115843_beamlike
beanlike14146843_beanlike
bearlike14156793_bearlike
dreamlike1642753dreamlike
elflike1435133__elflike
hatlike143311713_h_atlike
headline12129613_headline
heathlike1944323_heathlike
hemplike1936123_hemplike
henlike1448693_he_nlike
herblike1735883_herblike
herdlike1636113_herdlike
hooflike1834853_hooflike
peaklike13115373_peaklike
pealike131211273_pea_like
saclike131210123s__aclike
sawlike14138443s__awlike
scablike1635553s_cablike
seedlike1335993s_eedlike
shalelike1645883shalelike
sharklike1543933sharklike
shaslik1444513sh_aslik_
shasliks1544143sh_asliks
sheafing15329483sheaf_ing
shealing123415463shea_ling
shearling1336923shearling
shellfire1542513shellfire
shrewlike1943383shrewlike
shrublike1842713shrublike
slablike1435673s_lablike
sleeplike1543463sleeplike
snaglike1335283s_naglike
soaplike1436903s_oaplike
sparlike1437673s_parlike
starlike1238813s_tarlike
steedlike1443653steedlike
stemlike1436723ste_mlike
steplike1436733ste_plike
sugarlike1443243sugarlike
surflike1535933s_urflike
swanlike1535313s_wanlike
tealike111111083_tea_like
threadlike1841943threadlike
wheylike2143403whe_ylike

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641556.39023261.5
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691556.85926052.0
 
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