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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 “shoestring” 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.

30 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
shoestring144417(None) 
shoestrings1542641shoestrings
bowstring15165123_bowstring
ghosting1336463gho_st_ing
hamstring1546003_hamstring
hoisting123610903_hoist_ing
holstering1447083_holstering
hosting114318383_ho_st_ing
lutestring1143473lutestring
oestrin7312243__oestrin_
oestrins8312673__oestrins
restring91518783__restring
sceptring1444273s_ceptring
shearing123915903sh_e_aring
sheathing1636873sh_eathing
sheering123715103sh_e_ering
sheeting122712833sh_eet_ing
sheltering1446493sh_eltering
shoehorning1851733shoehorning
shoeing113211883shoe___ing
shoeshine1543903shoes_hine
shooting122812863sho_ot_ing
shoring112820073sho___ring
shorting122514803sho_rt_ing
shotting123012383sho__tting
shouting122711793sho_ut_ing
showering1646403sho_wering
showring1548323sho__wring
sponsoring1343633sponsoring
superstring14116873superstring

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.06323190.3
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.48227567.3
 
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