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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 “bawdiest” 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.

39 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
bawdiest1439867(None) 
bawdies134613391bawdies_
babiest114414752ba_biest
baddest112611142ba_ddest
baddies114017872baddies_
baggiest123011752baggiest
baldest102313532bald_est
baldies105317702baldies_
balkiest144112452balkiest
balmiest124110992balmiest
bandies104124862bandies_
barkiest144115152barkiest
barmiest125212782barmiest
barniest104815052barniest
battiest104115552battiest
bawdier13378202bawdie_r
bawdiness15235542bawdiness
bawdries14136842bawdries_
bawties124214312bawties_
beadiest113815532beadiest
bendiest112311982bendiest
brawliest14177192brawliest
brawniest14197102brawniest
dandiest103415032dandiest
dowdiest13328952dowdiest
faddiest1338112faddiest
fawniest14287442fawniest
gaudiest1039392gaudiest
gawkiest16327312gawkiest
handiest123417782handiest
hardiest123416342hardiest
lardiest93813892lardiest
pawkiest17277892pawkiest
randiest93418772randiest
rowdiest12259212rowdiest
sandiest93218692sandiest
tardiest93515242tardiest
tawdriest13143292tawdriest
tawniest11279342tawniest

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059393.46634927.6
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.88845959.6
 
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