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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 “apex” 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.

137 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
apex13722021(None) 
ape57251181ape_
aped78538151aped
aper66336231aper
apes66047431apes
abed79734132abed
abet610547942abet
ace59656832ace_
aced79540882aced
aces67645092aces
ae212590292a_e_
age47154332age_
aged67334252aged
agee56241492agee
ager55935842ager
ages55844592ages
ahed89536252ahed
ahem97225362ahem
ajee115928232ajee
akee85936812akee
ale36572342ale_
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
ales47067102ales
amen66733152amen
amped104820512amped
ane37866952ane_
anes45255932anes
anew76623132anew
annex12310882annex
apeak115513452apeak
apeek114711872apeek
apers76629132apers
apery106517902apery
apexes1539132apexes
apnea73413412apnea
apo511142122ap_o
apod78123182apod
apos65433822apos
app76827602ap_p
appel94615892appel
apps86319692apps
apres75426402apres
apse67725382apse
apses76823912apses
apt57352542ap_t
apter76120202apter
are37874572are_
area45843392area
ares45871022ares
arpen74418042arpen
asea46327182asea
aspen75216092aspen
asper75520432asper
ate37059242ate_
ates45047922ates
auspex1574792auspex
ave67748702ave_
aver75931882aver
aves76142602aves
awe67746622awe_
awed88436032awed
awee76336642awee
awes76037552awes
ax911057782a__x
axe108239492axe_
axed128829612axed
axel115222072axel
axes117337852axes
aye67151762aye_
ayes76543512ayes
cape87242782cape_
caped104931802caped
caper94831622caper
capes95441922capes
carex144822302carex
dex116936882_dex
epee64628502epee
ex98835642__ex
flex146123472flex
gape75134512gape_
gaped96123532gaped
gaper86125122gaper
gapes86030822gapes
hapax1739322hapax
hex137436172_hex
ibex133813482ibex
ilex115822032ilex
jape134923422jape_
japed156217632japed
japer146218882japer
japes146322822japes
kex146029582_kex
lapel73716682lapel
latex124717112latex
lex107943822_lex
nape65230802nape_
napes74828462napes
ope56845242ope_
oped76230152oped
open66427002open
opes65942612opes
paper95128662paper
pax127346852_pax
pe47649032_pe_
pea56657242_pea
pec76744412_pec
ped66751522_ped
pee56066512_pee
peg65843062_peg
peh86740962_peh
pen56558842_pen
pep76447082_pep
per56353092_per
pes57259782_pes
pet56477302_pet
pew86442302_pew
pix126437932_pix
plex137321372plex
pox126140692_pox
prex135722972prex
pyx157817012_pyx
rape65041632rape_
raped85334622raped
raper74932752raper
rapes75740722rapes
rex105740992_rex
sex107043222_sex
spec85821972spec
sped76031492sped
spew95421872spew
tape64538142tape_
taped85327422taped
taper74829772taper
tapes75838602tapes
vex136429172_vex

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721370.79637527.6
3Display Results1371370.0334151.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911371.109161128.0
 
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