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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 “earwaxes” 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.

70 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
earwaxes184470(None) 
barwares13610092barwares
earwax1664732earwax__
paxwaxes1942052paxwaxes
addaxes1634573_addaxes
aerates74627493aer_ates
airwaves1444723airwaves
arames84622573_ar_ames
arcades101113193_arcades
arrases71214543_arrases
awakes135012473_a_wakes
banjaxes2443393banjaxes
barrages11711083barrages
barware12610703barware_
beeswaxes2141983beeswaxes
boraxes163511633bor_axes
carafes125015703car_afes
carapaxes2044833carapaxes
carates95630613car_ates
carcases12313093carcases
carfares13310323carfares
carnages11312213carnages
cartages11313313cartages
carwashes1745783carwashes
dewaxes18297843_dewaxes
earaches13411303earaches
earlaps936393earla_ps
earlobes1056143earlobes
earmarks1444793earmarks
earwigs11104413earw_igs
earworms1346783earworms
enrages83114853enr_ages
erases64425403e_r_ases
ergates8314493e_rgates
galaxes1538873ga_laxes
garages9314113gar_ages
garbages1238183garbages
gearboxes1942933gearboxes
gearcases1254693gearcases
handaxes1938403handaxes
hapaxes1936593ha_paxes
hardwares1646563hardwares
hyraxes2045703hyr_axes
karates115617473kar_ates
larynxes1842453larynxes
narrates8312763narrates
narwals1036983narwa_ls
narwhales1543163narwhales
packwaxes2743413packwaxes
parades104121463par_ades
parataxes1846393parataxes
parbakes1638343parbakes
parkades1538273parkades
partakes1449923partakes
praxes156215183_pr_axes
raxes124729393__r_axes
rearwards1344803rearwards
reawakes15348073rea_wakes
rewaxes173911333_rewaxes
sarapes94617753sar_apes
seawares1139333sea_wares
surtaxes1536513surtaxes
teargases1044803teargases
teawares1148083tea_wares
variates111214983variates
warfares1436683warfares
warpages1437053warpages
waxes155825503___waxes
woadwaxes2342323woadwaxes
yardages1336203yardages

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162707.87618557.9
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691708.31221498.0
 
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