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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 “sherifs” 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
sherifs1329968(None) 
serifs94017051s_erifs
sharifs13279901sharifs
sherif122915241sherif_
sheriff16287691sheriff
sheriffs17253921sheriffs
seifs85019332s_e_ifs
serfs84922012s_er_fs
series64540972s_eries
serif84132132s_erif_
serins64029672s_erins
sferics1236132sferics
sharias102516002sharias
sharif122917122sharif_
sheafs124912882she_afs
sheiks132510012she_iks
sherds105614722sher_ds
shereefs1433862shereefs
sherpas1238092sherpas
sherries111812892sherries
sherris10168802sherris
shrift12413542sh_rift
shrifts1335962sh_rifts
shris84221452sh_ri_s
spherics1537072spherics

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671253.37331921.4
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691253.76547461.1
 
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