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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 “deafest” 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.

30 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
deafest11291151(None) 
deadest93014881deadest
dearest83618671dearest
deffest14308801deffest
daftest11248942d_aftest
deafen10389672deafe_n
deafens11317252deafens
deafer104114812deafe_r
deafish1438532deafish
deafness1236212deafness
deaves105319532deaves_
deepest10310442deepest
defeat103817162de_feat
defect124816172de_fect
deftest112611712deftest
densest83112472densest
detest74122842de_test
devest104418702de_vest
dewiest11312342dewiest
dwarfest1543472dwarfest
featest102715112featest
leafiest113410882leafiest
leanest7415862leanest
meanest9315702meanest
nearest73415842nearest
neatest72516002neatest
realest73322432realest
safest95016602_safest
searest73322022searest
weakest1439002weakest

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671303.00035890.3
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.37652929.8
 
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