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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 “ablest” 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.

76 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
ablest8472183(None) 
ableist9311771ableist
ables75935541ables_
blest76431721_blest
abbes96723522abbes_
abbess10509772abbess
abeles84719392abeles_
abet610547942ab_e_t
abets75621672ab_ets
abject17137702abject
ablaut8313262ablaut
able66340532able__
abled86926832able_d
ableism1136822ableism
ableists1036542ableists
abler75624312able_r
abluent939622abluent
ablush1147222ablush
abreast9311272abreast
absent84016992absent
abyes105518532abyes_
aglet65534142agle_t
aglets73915682aglets
airest63825262airest
albeit8314342albeit
alert54740652a_lert
ales47067102a_les_
alist56136782a_list
ambles105121862ambles_
amplest11312332amplest
aptest82917512aptest
arbalest1039522arbalest
arbelest1049502arbelest
arles56735742arles_
arrest63722632arrest
attest62618612attest
auldest839892auldest
awless939262awless
axles125219472axles_
babiest114414752babiest
baldest102313532baldest
bales76250082bales_
barest85327692barest
basest84720492basest
best66355322_b_est
blast76532572_blast
bleat75737002_bleat
blent76230952_blent
bless75917812_bless
blet66247672_ble_t
blets75324942_blets
bluest84016482_bluest
cables104527552cables_
cablet104429462cable_t
cablets114216342cablets
fabbest1438032fabbest
fables114921672fables_
gabfest1336452gabfest
gables94222332gables_
halest94823272halest
idlest74014862idlest
illest63615722illest
lest46956322__lest
molest85022742molest
noblest93613562noblest
oblast8613662oblast
obtest81213012obtest
palest83926222palest
sables85026692sables_
stablest103312942stablest
tables84524892tables_
tablet84227642table_t
tablets94714382tablets
tallest7317092tallest
unblest9411812unblest
vilest9416842vilest

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551762.42034112.0
3Display Results76760.0302533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691762.79663909.5
 
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