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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 “escapades” 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.

36 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
escapades144299(None) 
escalades1244401escalades
escapade1343301escapade_
escalade1144382escalade_
escaladed1343422escaladed
escalader1243232escalader
escaladers1342512escaladers
escalates1148822escalates
escapees12336332escap_ees
escapes113811672escap__es
scalades11258802_scalades
ascarides12346953ascarides
escalate1039323escalate_
escalated1247303escalated
escalopes1344773escalopes
escapable1544983escapable
escape103811663escap__e_
escaped12388853escap__ed
escapee113310463escap__ee
escaper11368843escap__er
escapers12337413escap_ers
escapisms1543943escapisms
escapists1344253escapists
escaroles1145273escaroles
escuages1145163esc_uages
esplanades13121843esplanades
excavates2144683excavates
respades1139853res__pades
saccades13137253_saccades
scalade10359263_scalade_
scalados11276083_scalados
scalages113010253_scalages
scalares103210983_scalares
scapes105122263_scap__es
spades94222583_s__pades
stapedes11197753_stapedes

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641366.40623203.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.84526105.3
 
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