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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 “shovelnoses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

27 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
shovelnoses175143(None) 
shovelnose1651301shovelnose_
shigelloses1551623shigelloses
biocenoses1443974bioce_noses
conenoses1188904_cone_noses
hognoses12108134_ho__gnoses
hooknoses1644354_ho_oknoses
novelises1247374_novel_ises
overdoses13119794__overdoses
pollenoses12144814_pollenoses
scolioses1155614sco__lioses
selenoses947464s___elenoses
shigellosis1551254shigellosis
shoeboxes2143954sho_e_boxes
shoelaces1445234sho_el_aces
shoeless1137804sho_el_es_s
shoreless1236634shorel_es_s
shorelines1346144shorel_ines
shoveled15195354shovel___ed
shoveler14165584shovel___er
shovelers15174944shovel__ers
shovelfuls1981484shovel_fuls
shovelled16174414shovel__led
shoveller15174544shovel__ler
shovellers16173784shovel_lers
shovels13378394shovel____s
stenoses8310444s__te_noses

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148819278.75017007.9
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691279.20319416.6
 
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