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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 “shellbacks” 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.

26 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
shellbacks215341(None) 
shellacks1844551shell_acks
shellback2043601shellback_
shellbarks1952621shellbarks
shellack1745082shell_ack_
shellacs1345572shell_ac_s
shellbark1843022shellbark_
callbacks1945023_callbacks
fallbacks2044353_fallbacks
fullbacks2043603_fullbacks
halfbacks2343993_halfbacks
holdbacks2144313_holdbacks
pullbacks1943773_pullbacks
quillbacks2752273quillbacks
rollbacks1744643_rollbacks
seatbacks17115603s_eatbacks
setbacks1686303s_e_tbacks
shelducks1951913she_lducks
shellac1236693shell_ac__
shellacked2042003shell_acked
shellworks2043143shellworks
sherlocks1843953sherl_ocks
shoeblacks2153013shoebl_acks
skewbacks1943513ske_wbacks
sweepbacks2352983sweepbacks
whalebacks2453003whalebacks

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603265.90623806.8
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.34528162.5
 
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