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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forshews” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

19 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
shews11592471(None) 
chews135418511chews
hews105631571_hews
sews75836021s_ews
shaws116226261shaws
sheas86331791sheas
sheds96122701sheds
shes75734351she_s
shew108030761shew_
shewn115715701shewn
shows115324571shows
shrews129313911shrews
skews125413801skews
slews86220351slews
smews104612291smews
spews105015921spews
stews85519141stews
thews117416191thews
whews145114491whews

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit28756190.51356054.6
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691190.609293417.1