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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 “dearest” 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.

51 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
dearest8361867(None) 
deadest93014881deadest
deafest112911511deafest
nearest73415841nearest
searest73322021searest
barest85327692_barest
clearest1038652clearest
dares66146702d_ares_
darkest122512622d_arkest
dearer74822802deare_r
dearies83526272dearies_
dearness939972dearness
dears65736882dear_s_
deaves105319532deaves_
decares102818532decares_
deepest10310442deepest
deffest14308812deffest
deforest1238792deforest
defrost1139552defrost
deftest112611712deftest
dekares122710872dekares_
demurest1137452demurest
densest83112472densest
depress10239872depress
detest74122842de_test
devest104418702de_vest
dewiest11312342dewiest
diarist8517112diarist
direst75024242d_irest
dourest8312942dourest
dreariest10229122dreariest
drest65530342d__rest
dwarfest1543472dwarfest
earnest7318732_earnest
featest102715112featest
headrest122910202headrest
leanest7415862leanest
leariest83117852leariest
meanest9315702meanest
merest84725112me_rest
neatest72516002neatest
peartest10311302peartest
rarest65725482_rarest
realest73322432realest
rearrest8311602rearrest
serest64831612se_rest
sparest94616432sparest
teariest82417262teariest
weakest1439002weakest
weariest112914792weariest
yarest95018912_yarest

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671513.43631336.1
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691513.82546716.6
 
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