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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 “maybes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

64 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
maybes133924(None) 
mabes96331531ma_bes
maybe12311131maybe_
abbes96723522_abbes
abyes105518532_abyes
ayes76543512_ay_es
babes95834112ba_bes
barbes104526232barbes
daubes94913702daubes
daybed13438672daybed
daybeds14234472daybeds
gambes116318312gambes
gybes115012722_gybes
jambes175914052jambes
kayles134712002kayles
kayoes134710822kayoes
mabe85733362ma_be_
maces97139962ma_ces
maches134827232maches
macles107023222macles
madres93718182madres
maes66948402ma__es
mages85036022ma_ges
mahoes11313102mahoes
mailes84329112mailes
maizes175115732maizes
makes115336852ma_kes
males75049792ma_les
mambas125716242mambas
mamboes135011822mamboes
mambos125414492mambos
mamies104626242mamies
manes76648962ma_nes
manges94628942manges
manses84225512manses
mantes84430782mantes
maples104819422maples
marbles114516652marbles
mares76457632ma_res
marges94525712marges
marses84827112marses
mashes115030002mashes
masses85028712masses
mates75251362ma_tes
matres84522232matres
mattes85624532mattes
mauves113811552mauves
mavies114923192mavies
maxes145629532ma_xes
mayas105924382may_as
maybush1742452maybush
mayed115522402may_ed
mayest114614792may_est
mayhem1644922mayhem
mayhems1763412mayhems
mayors115714192mayors
mayos105521932may_os
mays96940032may__s
mazes165632172ma_zes
myases113711552myases
nabes75427092na_bes
payees114812902payees
sabes76437462sa_bes
tabes76033922ta_bes

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551642.43633887.9
3Display Results64640.0164000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691642.82863186.4
 
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