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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 “spank” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

136 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
spank11591957(None) 
sank85236831s_ank
shank125422191shank
skank84415581skank
slank95822771slank
span65234661span_
spang84919731spang
spanks124514121spanks
spans74528731spans
spark114920891spark
spunk114513401spunk
stank95823301stank
swank125318231swank
bank105835752_bank
blank115418552blank
brank115222282brank
clank114719522clank
crank114819612crank
dank95828242_dank
drank104816202drank
flank124618092flank
frank124417512frank
hank115134142_hank
lank84734452_lank
pack125535442_pack
paik105726802_paik
pan58466452_pan_
pane64950292_pane
pang75336292_pang
pans65855732_pans
pant66061262_pant
park105237492_park
pink107039382_pink
plank115221142plank
prank115019452prank
punk105729972_punk
rank85135532_rank
sack105337312s_ack
sand55338472s_and
sane45954342s_ane
sang55441232s_ang
sans45153362s_ans
sark84938972s_ark
scan65530452scan_
scans74625102scans
scant79735072scant
shack145321752shack
shanks135315582shanks
shark126225022shark
shrank13359122shrank
sink86640142s_ink
skanks94710832skanks
skanky12476962skanky
skink85916852skink
skunk85011762skunk
slack115021762slack
slang66324022slang
slant55238702slant
slink95422912slink
slunk95016302slunk
smack134615452smack
snack114718062snack
snark95419942snark
soak87227662soa_k
spa55730812spa__
space95325672space
spacy125415622spacy
spade84423322spade
spado83713702spado
spae65034322spa_e
spaed85522272spaed
spaes76029972spaes
spahi10311142spahi
spail74921552spail
spait75631602spait
spake114322742spake
spale74929212spale
spall74919302spall
spam85930042spa_m
spams94922192spams
spanked143111732spanked
spanker133612352spanker
spar65433302spa_r
spare75135562spare
sparks124616362sparks
sparky154511522sparky
spars75431542spars
spas67036722spa_s
spasm94514172spasm
spat66548522spa_t
spate74731582spate
spats75031382spats
spawn107811712spawn
spawns11577922spawns
spay96631662spa_y
spays105520512spays
spaz155626162spa_z
spazz155811132spazz
speak114618672speak
spean74620512spean_
speans85417142speans
speck135115652speck
spend85619332spend
spent75532832spent
spick134519072spick
spik105419712sp_ik
spin66231302spin_
spine76534422spine
spins75327982spins
spiny104921302spiny
spook115416042spook
sprang95713522sprang
spun66221462spun_
spunks12349332spunks
spunky15427162spunky
stack114421692stack
stalk94518002stalk
stand65923282stand
stane55933002stane
stang66424682stang
stanks104917702stanks
stark95425622stark
stink95122502stink
stunk94616292stunk
sunk85031812s_unk
swan76631312swan_
swang95519722swang
swanks134811562swanks
swanky16447972swanky
swans84625012swans
swink125116352swink
tank85134022_tank
thank125817802thank
trank96222422trank
wank115632512_wank
yank115423672_yank

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit538001361.40638264.6
3Display Results1361360.0462956.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911361.782100275.5
 
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