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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 “snakes” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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143 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
snakes10391960(None) 
sakes95540751s_akes
shakes135024591shakes
slakes104021881slakes
snake94821111snake_
snaked115017591snaked
snakey135011271snakey
snares65329031snares
stakes103927291stakes
anankes1138762anankes
awakes135012472awakes
bakes117035372_bakes
brakes124923122brakes
cakes116037672_cakes
crakes124921812crakes
drakes114715862drakes
enates64026422enates
fakes126032482_fakes
flakes134118872flakes
hakes126034302_hakes
inanes62519802inanes
intakes11310942intakes
jakes165023642_jakes
knaves13439522knaves
knawes13328392knawes
lakes95737652_lakes
makes115336852_makes
nabes75427092_nabes
naked105320852_naked
names74833362_names
napes74828462_napes
nares55544152_nares
nates55238332_nates
naves87030382_naves
nukes95418122_nukes
quakes194013342quakes
rakes94440352_rakes
sabes76437462s_abes
sades65239892s_ades
safes85226722s_afes
sages65339062s_ages
sake85244962s_ake_
saker95132022s_aker
sakers104125432s_akers
sakis95323672s_akis
sales56055592s_ales
sanes55649072s_anes
sanies63031952sanies
sates54949322s_ates
saves85838632s_aves
saxes125229342s_axes
scales84529312scales
scapes105122262scapes
scares85033002scares
senates73322582senates
shades105924532shades
shake124726402shake_
shaken134113612shaken
shaker134319462shaker
shakers144015562shakers
shakoes144510022shakoes
shakos134912192shakos
shales94731252shales
shames114726222shames
shapes115124942shapes
shares95236412shares
shaves125224932shaves
sikes96236082s_ikes
skates104219402skates
slake93724052slake_
slaked114318272slaked
slaker104219272slaker
slakers114115752slakers
slates64934062slates
slaves95023022slaves
smazes174311662smazes
smokes124814342smokes
snacked144013112snacked
snacker133112602snacker
snackers143010222snackers
snacks124514552snacks
snafus936742snafus
snags64421312sna_gs
snails64816652snails
snakier112810002snakier
snakiest122110542snakiest
snaky125113912snak_y
snaps74719562sna_ps
snare54429982snare_
snared74824552snared
snarer64620842snarer
snarers74216662snarers
snarfs95113422snarfs
snarks104815732snarks
snarls64016872snarls
snashes105214752snashes
snathes104816492snathes
snaths95112912snaths
snawed104813732snawed
snaws86116362sna_ws
sneaked12329692sneaked
sneaker112910452sneaker
sneakers12308642sneakers
sneaks104312492sneak_s
snipes83917392snipes
snores64324322snores
snyes85012752sn_yes
soaked114717592soaked
soaker105717532soaker
soakers114114952soakers
soaks95220292soak_s
soaves94218672soaves
sokes95031422s_okes
spaces104722632spaces
spades94222582spades
spaes76029972spa_es
spake114322742spake_
spales84728102spales
spares84834552spares
spates85028172spates
spikes124520712spikes
splakes1349672splakes
spokes124417212spokes
stades74626242stades
stages75629492stages
stake95927532stake_
staked114621942staked
stales65538292stales
stanes64933402stanes
stapes85028732stapes
stares66038752stares
stases64225562stases
states64337082states
staves94525192staves
stokes104821792stokes
strakes114218072strakes
swages104417072swages
swales93920762swales
sykes124816862s_ykes
takes94437792_takes
uncakes133012742uncakes
unmakes132810792unmakes
wakes126633652_wakes

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 Limit825511432.61031628.7
3Display Results1431430.0463108.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911432.76664602.7
 
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