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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 “spanks” 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.

107 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
spanks12451412(None) 
shanks135315581shanks
skanks94710831skanks
spank115919571spank_
spans74528731span_s
sparks124616361sparks
spunks12349331spunks
stanks104917701stanks
swanks134811561swanks
banks115527902_banks
blanks124112892blanks
branks124817382branks
clanks124615182clanks
cranks125015312cranks
flanks133913402flanks
franks134912732franks
hanks126226862_hanks
packs135528932_packs
paiks114719852_paiks
panes76148692_panes
pangs84628662_pangs
pans65855732_pan_s
pants76536922_pants
parks116134462_parks
pinks115729382_pinks
planks124116752planks
pranks124814722pranks
punks114822682_punks
ranks95225732_ranks
sacks114228872s_acks
sands65228582s_ands
sanes55649072s_anes
sank85236832s_ank_
sans45153362s_an_s
sarks96632462s_arks
scans74625102scan_s
scants85219722scants
shacks154817562shacks
shank125422192shank_
sharks135019722sharks
sinks95529182s_inks
skank84415582skank_
skanky12476962skanky
skinks94511652skinks
skunks9468162skunks
slacks124416532slacks
slangs75615342slangs
slank95822772slank_
slants64819082slants
slinks104315152slinks
smacks144112322smacks
snacks124514552snacks
snarks104815732snarks
soaks95220292soa_ks
spaces104722632spaces
spades94222582spades
spaes76029972spa_es
spahis11310382spahis
spails84817822spails
spaits85017472spaits
spake114322742spa_ke
spales84728102spales
spalls84217342spalls
spams94922192spa_ms
span65234662span__
spang84919732span_g
spanked143111732spanked
spanker133612352spanker
spankers14369862spankers
spares84834552spares
spark114920892spark_
sparky154511522sparky
spars75431542spa_rs
spas67036722spa__s
spasms10418972spasms
spates85028172spates
spats75031382spa_ts
spawns11577922spawns
spays105520512spa_ys
speaks125114582speaks
speans85417142spean_s
specks144312702specks
spends94714472spends
spicks144814992spicks
spiks114117472sp_iks
spines85132032spines
spins75327982spin_s
spooks124312932spooks
sprangs104610052sprangs
spunk114513402spunk_
spunky15427162spunky
stacks124317262stacks
stalks104614552stalks
stands75118052stands
stanes64933402stanes
stangs75018162stangs
stank95823302stank_
stinks105616832stinks
swank125318232swank_
swanky16447972swanky
swans84625012swan_s
swinks134610652swinks
tanks94624732_tanks
thanks134313132thanks
tranks104017762tranks
wanks126124482_wanks
yanks125316572_yanks

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit825511072.57632046.2
3Display Results1071070.0333242.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911072.96960185.6
 
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