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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 “flares” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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168 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
flares9452170(None) 
blares85021631blares
fares85852871f_ares
flakes134118871flakes
flames114723691flames
flanes94522421flanes
flare84823631flare_
flared105317601flared
flaxes165015351flaxes
glares75518861glares
lares54852631_lares
alarms85913052alarms
alates64833962alates
ares45871022__ares
bares75457132_bares
blades95221252blades
blames105121862blames
blare75826232blare_
blared95018242blared
blazes174817352blazes
cares77369182_cares
chares115631802chares
clades94920462clades
claret84026572claret
clarets94111102clarets
claries93422202claries
claroes93113732claroes
claros84015112claros
claves115020062claves
dares66146702_dares
elates65032362elates
faces106439432f_aces
fades94932862f_ades
fakes126032482f_akes
falces115216002falces
fames105735922f_ames
fanes84639892f_anes
farces115223322f_arces
fards96629842f_ards
fare76354462f_are_
fared95842342f_ared
farer86733142f_arer
farers95924052f_arers
farles96025782f_arles
farls85731112f_arls
farms106324952f_arms
faros85532022f_aros
farts88336842f_arts
fates85139232f_ates
faves115331422f_aves
faxes155726652f_axes
fazes175527212f_azes
feared106320432feared
fearer94820182fearer
fearers104815272fearers
fears84829392fear_s
feases95422922feases
feazes184514172feazes
feres86038182f_eres
fiacres1237252fiacres
fiars86720832fiar_s
fibres114312122fibres
filaree10611212filaree
filarees1187642filarees
fires85740752f_ires
flabs105818642fla_bs
flacks154114532flacks
flags95321282fla_gs
flails94313002flails
flairs95711912flairs
flake125119972flake_
flaked144715652flaked
flaker134916172flaker
flakers143613272flakers
flakey164410512flakey
flambes14419502flambes
flame105124442flame_
flamed124618972flamed
flamen115215992flamen
flamens124611062flamens
flamer114919122flamer
flamers124616362flamers
flams105125012fla_ms
flanges113413272flanges
flanks133913402flanks
flans85327972fla_ns
flaps105621382fla_ps
flareup1243172flareup
flareups1342472flareups
flashes133916102flashes
flasks13488672flasks
flats86429742fla_ts
flatus94310782flatus
flawed134712722flawed
flaws115920342fla_ws
flaxen16518572flaxen
flayed134414052flayed
flayer124713562flayer
flayers133912032flayers
flays116321052fla_ys
fleers96015792fleers
flees85828752fl_ees
flexes164512952flexes
fliers94417192fliers
flies85630712fl_ies
flirs85518932flir_s
flirts95411482flirts
flites95122442flites
floes85528142fl_oes
floras94715692floras
floret9321122floret
florets1039852florets
flues84626922fl_ues
flukes135114192flukes
flumes115119732flumes
flutes95421782flutes
fluxes165212932fluxes
flyers125712802flyers
flytes123911562flytes
folates103218452folates
fores85847102f_ores
frames115119862frames
freres94716172freres
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
pares77164482_pares
places104323702places
plages94520152plages
planes85028082planes
plates85432242plates
rares55247442_rares
scares85033002scares
shares95236412shares
slakes104021882slakes
slates64934062slates
slaves95023022slaves
snares65329032snares
spares84834552spares
stares66038752stares
tares57456562_tares
urares64519092urares
wares88250582_wares

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit825511684.76317331.7
3Display Results1681680.1101527.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911684.99935745.3
 
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