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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 “apeak” 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.

56 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
apeak11551345(None) 
apeek114711871apeek
peak106535201_peak
speak114618671speak
abeam9316532abeam
ahead96817052ahead
anear55420322anear
ape57251182ape__
aped78538152ape_d
aper66336232ape_r
apers76629132apers
apery106517902apery
apes66047432ape_s
apex137220212ape_x
apian75018332apian
apnea73413412apnea_
apneal83411122apneal
apneas83211382apneas
appal95315222appal
appeal103911612appeal
appear10379342appear
arak86929572a_rak
area45843392area_
areae55229742areae
areal55928732areal
areas55935772areas
asea46327182asea_
beak106534382_beak
bleak115915382bleak
break115319402break
creak115418432creak
freak125115242freak
leak86233712_leak
paean77222722paean
pea56657242_pea_
peag75431342_peag
peaks114825622_peaks
peaky145718152_peaky
peal68648102_peal
pean66147172_pean
pear69745232_pear
peas65755062_peas
peat65967932_peat
peck125730682_peck
peek106031432_peek
perk106232842_perk
sneak96016172sneak
speaks125114582speaks
spean74620512spean
spear75821062spear
speck135115652speck
steak95219802steak
teak85930842_teak
tweak1257752tweak
weak117126302_weak
wreak125513272wreak

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 Filter178691538000.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit53800561.75030742.9
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691562.10984727.8
 
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