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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 “toolsheds” 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.

26 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
toolsheds134232(None) 
toolshed1244211toolshed_
woolsheds1642551woolsheds
coalsheds1542862coalsheds
toolheads1343672tool_heads
woodsheds1742942woodsheds
woolshed1553922woolshed_
bloodsheds1742143bloodsheds
coalshed1435013coalshed_
cowsheds1734743_cowsheds
goloshes1236253goloshe_s
moonseeds1243033moonseeds
oilseeds943703_oilseeds
poolsides1254553poolsides
snowsheds1642873snowsheds
tooled74918903tool__ed_
toolers74416503tool__ers
toolhead1244353tool_head
toolless836343tool_less
toothed113310243too_thed_
tootses72910773toots_e_s
tootsies848613tootsie_s
toshes94520103t_o_she_s
woodshed1644213woodshed_
wooshed14167403woo_shed_
wooshes13169883woo_she_s

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641268.47017549.1
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.90920057.4
 
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