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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 “blares” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

158 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
blares8502163(None) 
bares75457131b_ares
blades95221251blades
blames105121861blames
blare75826231blare_
blared95018241blared
blazes174817351blazes
flares94521701flares
glares75518861glares
lares54852631_lares
ablates92416902ablates
alarms85913052alarms
alates64833962alates
ares45871022__ares
baases85218012baases
babes95834112b_abes
bakes117035372b_akes
balases93815432balases
balers85626932balers
bales76250082b_ales
banes74945582b_anes
barbes104526232b_arbes
barbs95928192b_arbs
bardes95026932b_ardes
bards87139642b_ards
bare65460522b_are_
bared85144482b_ared
barer74535802b_arer
barest85327692b_arest
barfs104826002b_arfs
barges94528252b_arges
barks115735812b_arks
barms96128462b_arms
barns76335142b_arns
barres84427542barres
bars66564092b_ar_s
baryes116218502b_aryes
bases75644352b_ases
bates75846342b_ates
beards94116672beards
bearer85323912bearer
bearers94619592bearers
bears75739042bear_s
bewares12313372bewares
biases84618432biases
blabs95619632bla_bs
blacks144914952blacks
blade85923332blade_
bladed104717762bladed
blader93618582blader
bladers104214682bladers
blae66134642bla_e_
blaffs14426622blaffs
blahs105616512bla_hs
blains84516372blains
blame95625492blame_
blamed116017952blamed
blamer104417142blamer
blamers115314212blamers
blams95023852bla_ms
blanks124112892blanks
blarney12174762blarney
blarneys13183192blarneys
blase75524232blase_
blasts85116772blasts
blate75933782blate_
blats75132502bla_ts
blawed124713892blawed
blaws105620462bla_ws
blaze165520832blaze_
blazed184314712blazed
blazer174414022blazer
blazers184811682blazers
bleared104211252bleared
blears85116452blear_s
blites84721212blites
blokes123813882blokes
blues75127042bl_ues
blumes105917792blumes
blurbs10489312blurbs
blurs74619082blur_s
blurts84412642blurts
blypes13357542blypes
boards94616932boards
boars75229602boar_s
boarts84716872boarts
bolases93315002bolases
bores76448252b_ores
braces108427772braces
braes75735052bra_es
brakes124923122brakes
braves115524082braves
brazes175522192brazes
byres104421382b_yres
cares77369182_cares
chares115631802chares
clades94920462clades
claret84026572claret
clarets94111102clarets
claries93422202claries
claroes93113732claroes
claros84015112claros
claves115020062claves
dares66146702_dares
elates65032362elates
fares85852872_fares
flakes134118872flakes
flames114723692flames
flanes94522422flanes
flare84823632flare_
flared105317602flared
flaxes165015352flaxes
glaces94218022glaces
glades84820342glades
glaires84010132glaires
glare65222952glare_
glared84715192glared
glazes165315642glazes
hares86255542_hares
laces76141762_laces
lades65141272_lades
lakes95737652_lakes
lames75445542_lames
lanes54946792_lanes
lards65331862_lards
laree56036292_laree
larees65323112_larees
larges74824232_larges
laris54737462_laris
larks95227812_larks
lars46956572_lar_s
lases54944762_lases
laves86039152_laves
laxes125430092_laxes
lazes145129572_lazes
lores55045402_lores
lures56138532_lures
lyres85019962_lyres
mares76457632_mares
nares55544152_nares
oblates91913242oblates
pares77164482_pares
places104323702places
plages94520152plages
planes85028082planes
plates85432242plates
rares55247442_rares
scares85033002scares
shares95236412shares
slakes104021882slakes
slates64934062slates
slaves95023022slaves
snares65329032snares
spares84834552spares
stares66038752stares
tares57456562_tares
urares64519092urares
wares88250582_wares

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit825511582.46633475.7
3Display Results1581580.0463434.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911582.62268150.6
 
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