Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “strakes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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86 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
strakes	11	42	1807	(None)
stakes	10	39	2729	1	st_akes
strafes	10	45	1600	1	strafes
strake	10	40	1739	1	strake_
straked	12	54	1534	1	straked
strikes	11	47	1909	1	strikes
strokes	11	43	1632	1	strokes
berakes	13	48	1577	2	berakes
brakes	12	49	2312	2	_brakes
crakes	12	49	2181	2	_crakes
drakes	11	47	1586	2	_drakes
rakes	9	44	4035	2	__rakes
sakes	9	55	4075	2	s__akes
sarapes	9	46	1774	2	sarapes
scrapes	11	62	1766	2	scrapes
serapes	9	52	1810	2	serapes
shakes	13	50	2459	2	s_hakes
shrikes	14	44	1239	2	shrikes
slakes	10	40	2188	2	s_lakes
snakes	10	39	1960	2	s_nakes
splakes	13	4	967	2	splakes
stades	7	46	2624	2	st_ades
stages	7	56	2949	2	st_ages
stake	9	59	2753	2	st_ake_
staked	11	46	2194	2	st_aked
stales	6	55	3829	2	st_ales
stanes	6	49	3340	2	st_anes
stapes	8	50	2873	2	st_apes
stares	6	60	3875	2	st_ares
starker	11	41	1469	2	starker
starkers	12	37	1239	2	starkers
starkest	12	3	972	2	starkest
starves	10	46	1455	2	starves
stases	6	42	2556	2	st_ases
states	6	43	3708	2	st_ates
staves	9	45	2519	2	st_aves
steaks	10	44	1585	2	steak_s
stokes	10	48	2179	2	st_okes
storages	9	3	1110	2	storages
storaxes	15	3	688	2	storaxes
strafe	9	52	1598	2	strafe_
strafed	11	44	1333	2	strafed
strafer	10	39	1246	2	strafer
strafers	11	37	991	2	strafers
strains	7	42	1815	2	strains
straits	7	49	1632	2	straits
strands	8	37	1195	2	strands
stranges	9	45	1676	2	stranges
straps	8	77	2178	2	stra_ps
strass	6	71	1722	2	stra_ss
strasses	8	13	1144	2	strasses
stratas	7	30	1358	2	stratas
straths	10	27	1172	2	straths
stratus	7	30	1173	2	stratus
strawed	11	48	1361	2	strawed
straws	9	87	1867	2	stra_ws
strayed	11	45	1328	2	strayed
strayer	10	43	1250	2	strayer
strayers	11	35	1014	2	strayers
strays	9	64	1793	2	stra_ys
streaked	13	22	845	2	streaked
streaker	12	22	947	2	streaker
streakers	13	21	812	2	streakers
streaks	11	44	1127	2	streak_s
streeks	11	37	871	2	streeks
striates	8	34	1708	2	striates
strides	8	45	2039	2	strides
strifes	10	47	1658	2	strifes
strike	10	56	1973	2	strike_
striker	11	37	1417	2	striker
strikers	12	36	1129	2	strikers
stripes	9	53	2057	2	stripes
strives	10	41	1937	2	strives
strobes	9	38	1326	2	strobes
stroke	10	51	1617	2	stroke_
stroked	12	46	1362	2	stroked
stroker	11	41	1352	2	stroker
strokers	12	39	1090	2	strokers
styraxes	18	3	349	2	styraxes
takes	9	44	3779	2	_t_akes
traces	8	53	2993	2	_traces
trades	7	57	2450	2	_trades
trapes	8	50	2446	2	_trapes
traves	9	42	2274	2	_traves
trikes	10	54	1949	2	_trikes
trokes	10	40	1926	2	_trokes

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	86	3.080	34958.1
3	Display Results	86	86	0.030	2866.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	86	3.470	51496.0