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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 “strafe” 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.

60 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
strafe9521598(None) 
strafed114413331strafed
strafer103912461strafer
strafes104516001strafes
strake104017391strake
strife95318361strife
agrafe1038092agrafe
carafe115416162carafe
safe75930952s__afe
sarape84817572sarape
scrape105917572scrape
serape84818412serape
stade64825302st_ade
staff113817712st_aff
stage65330192st_age
stake95927532st_ake
stale55637102st_ale
stane55933002st_ane
stare54440262st_are
starve94613742starve
state56237332st_ate
stave85324992st_ave
stoae55024262stoa_e
storage8310472storage
strafers11379912strafers
strain64919572strain
strait64025892strait
straked125415342straked
strakes114218072strakes
strand74514822strand
strang75718312strang
strange85416342strange
strap77925262stra_p
straps87721782straps
strass67117222strass
strata63616282strata
strath93216372strath
strati63518902strati
straw813321292stra_w
strawed114813612strawed
straws98718672straws
strawy1210312822strawy
stray88525572stra_y
strayed114513282strayed
strayer104312502strayer
strays96417932strays
striae65422272striae
striate74218952striate
stride75420962stride
strifes104716582strifes
strike105619732strike
stripe85822442stripe
strive95020962strive
strobe84513812strobe
strode75215972strode
stroke105116172stroke
strove95014792strove
trace75829612_trace
trade65026042_trade
trave85223032_trave

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551602.31335690.0
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691602.68566551.6
 
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