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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 “arrest” 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.

81 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
arrest6372263(None) 
airest63825261airest
armrest9310161armrest
arrests73312681arrests
rarest65725481rarest
ablest84721832ablest
abreast9311272abreast
acres76327762acres_
addrest958632addrest
aeriest73924052aeriest
afreet9315152afreet
afresh1255502afresh
airiest74221012airiest
aorist64827872aorist
apres75426402apres_
aptest82917512aptest
ardent73022612ardent
ares45871022a_res_
argent74023662argent
aridest8316142aridest
arles56735742arles_
armet76739452arme_t
armets84918352armets
armrests1055382armrests
arpent84822092arpent
arrant6623252arrant
arras55626132arras_
arrear6310252arrear
arrested939152arrested
arrestee849442arrestee
arrester839252arrester
arrestor847652arrestor
arris56824682arris_
arses55733872arses_
artiest73121992artiest
artist64125542artist
attest62618612attest
aures55137092aures_
aurist65027252aurist
barest85327692barest
barres84427542barres_
barret84930482barre_t
barrets94917102barrets
crest74632692_crest
darkest122512622darkest
direst75024242direst
drest65530342_drest
driest74722752driest
dryest104811122dryest
earnest7318732earnest
fairest10412292fairest
forest94926742forest
freest95318282freest
garret74426552garre_t
garrets84413622garrets
hardest113118412hardest
harvest132112752harvest
largest83715102largest
merest84725112merest
prest75736352_prest
priest84125422priest
purest84021932purest
rares55247442rares_
rawest93615062rawest
rearrest8311602rearrest
reest54938092_reest
rest46459842__rest
serest64831612serest
sorest65028002sorest
surest65026762surest
tarres64723042tarres_
tarriest83215002tarriest
tartest72517532tartest
truest64816192truest
unrest62918852unrest
wariest105122502wariest
warmest123113032warmest
wrest84925432_wrest
wriest94419712wriest
wryest12429112wryest
yarest95018912yarest

Search took 4 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 Limit82551812.61031628.7
3Display Results81810.0302700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691813.00059563.7
 
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