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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 “sheathes” 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.

25 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
sheathes1461019(None) 
sheathe1348991sheathe_
sheathed1547221sheathed
sheather1458231sheather
sheathers1557551sheathers
sheaths1358751sheath_s
breathes134212902breathes
ensheathes16133372ensheathes
heathen133410892_heathen
heathens143210152_heathens
heather133914852_heather
heathers143914732_heathers
heaths126316382_heath_s
insheathes16143572insheathes
scathes124515712s_cathes
seethes103613742s_eethes
sheath12412892sheath__
sheaves134412972shea_ves
shelties111111382shelties
snathes104816492s_nathes
spathes125116532s_pathes
swathes134115512s_wathes
theatres11298632theatres
unsheathes16183842unsheathes
wreathes14299892wreathes

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059253.75032282.4
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691254.15343027.0
 
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