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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 “escapade” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

38 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
escapade134330(None) 
escalade1144381escalade
escapades1442991escapades
escaladed1343422escaladed
escalader1243232escalader
escalades1244402escalades
escalate1039322escalate
escapable1544982escapable
escape103811662escap__e
escaped12388852escaped_
escapee113310462escap_ee
scalade10359262_scalade
escaladers1342513escaladers
escalated1247303escalated
escalates1148823escalates
escalope1244523escalope
escapees12336333escapees
escaper11368843escap_er
escapers12337413escapers
escapes113811673escap_es
escaping1347063escaping
escapism1444453escapism
escapist1246213escapist
escarole1045743escarole
escarped1355163escarped_
escuage1035113esc_uage
esplanade12111923esplanade
excavate2045053excavate
respade1039573res__pade
saccade12107033_saccade
scalades11258803_scalades
scalado10276473_scalado
scalage103110533_scalage
scalare93311833_scalare
scape96921843_scap__e
scaped115519553_scaped_
scapose1147753_scapose
spade84423323_s__pade

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162387.26620115.9
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.68523251.9
 
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