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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 “strains” 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.

67 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
strains7421815(None) 
sprains93013591sprains
stains64923651st_ains
strain64919571strain_
straits74916321straits
trains64725341_trains
attains7310982attains
brains85125472_brains
detrains9411762detrains
distrains10411332distrains
drains73719402_drains
entrains8312962entrains
estrins7315852estr_ins
grains74223092_grains
mistrains11511352mistrains
rains55140232__rains
restrains9311622restrains
retrains8314532retrains
sains55639972s__ains
sarans64224432sara_ns
sarins63932622sar_ins
seatrains947602seatrains
serails73318362serails
serais64326132serai_s
sereins73716122sereins
serins64029672ser_ins
sprain83614862sprain_
staigs75414812st_aigs
stain55727942st_ain_
stairs65416332st_airs
staring84527052staring
statins73719772statins
stearins8312142stearins
steins64818342st_eins
stotins73213872stotins
strafes104516002strafes
strafing122111192strafing
strained9412252strained
strainer8512222strainer
strainers9510382strainers
strait64025892strai_t
straitens946232straitens
strakes114218072strakes
strand74514822stra_nd
strands83711952strands
strang75718312stra_ng
straps87721782stra_ps
strass67117222stra_ss
stratas73013582stratas
straths102711722straths
stratus73011732stratus
strawing122411622strawing
straws98718672stra_ws
straying122912692straying
strays96417932stra_ys
string75327562str_ing
strings84617132str_ings
strips85719652str_ips
swains94513952s_wains
tains54936322_t_ains
traiks104013712_traiks
trails64622512_trails
train56529112_train_
traits65121982_traits
trans54933042_tra_ns
twains95811182_twains
vitrains1138282vitrains

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671673.45331181.9
3Display Results67670.0302233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691673.85946305.0
 
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