Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shovel” 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.

53 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
shovel12461132(None) 
hovel115017681_hovel
shove114421041shove_
shoved134214281shoved
shovels13378391shovels
shover124515991shover
shoves124919421shoves
grovel104310542grovel
hosel86024822_hosel
hotel85520752_hotel
hove107132222_hove_
hovels125413342_hovels
hover115524132_hover
novel85615992_novel
shave114425892shave_
shaved135118382shaved
shaven124213302shaven
shaver123718912shaver
shaves125224932shaves
shekel1338382shekel
sheqel1846522sheqel
shiel811023772sh_iel
shive114423422shive_
shiver124517372shiver
shives124921412shives
shoal83920272sho_al
shoe75933442sho_e_
shoed95723012sho_ed
shoer84722162sho_er
shoes85429662sho_es
shone83725982shone_
shooed103916082shooed
shool84523152sho_ol
shore85432652shore_
shored105723652shored
shores94830412shores
shorl84720252sho_rl
shote85526102shote_
shotes95321912shotes
shoveled15195352shoveled
shoveler14165582shoveler
shovers134613002shovers
showed135016972showed
shower124315112shower
shrivel13479402shrivel
shrove125412232shrove_
sloven9389632sloven
snivel9368852snivel
sorel56231442s_orel
stove85220252stove_
stover94115642stover
stoves93818922stoves
swivel12369322swivel

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.22037185.1
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691532.57669367.6
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.