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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 “kraken” 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.

33 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
kraken95588(None) 
krakens1034291krakens
awaken13468862awaken
bracken15409812bracken
brake116025342brake_
braked135318692braked
brakes124923122brakes
brazen174812452brazen
broken124011522broken
crake114823522crake_
crakes124921812crakes
craven114113932craven
darken114013442darken
drake104918302drake_
drakes114715862drakes
graben9419722graben
graven104513522graven
harken135116342harken
khazen2233772khazen
krater104014312krater
kronen10348912kronen
oaken95814382_oaken
rake84841572_rake_
raked105831422_raked
rakee96031172_rakee
raker94529792_raker
rakes94440352_rakes
ramen75625192_ramen
raven84723442_raven
shaken134113612shaken
taken94819142_taken
waken124818472_waken
weaken13349602weaken

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 Limit82551332.59331836.1
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691332.95360511.7
 
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