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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 “fewest” 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.

43 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
fewest1231166(None) 
feyest12311401feyest
newest9314211newest
behest11314612behest
bewept13410322bewept
detest74122842detest
devest104418702devest
dewiest11312342dewiest
egest65222342_egest
ewes76328702_ewes_
feast85932722fe_ast
featest102715112featest
feces105625362feces_
fees76450602fe_es_
feet75352212fe_e_t
feist86230072fe_ist
fellest10313752fellest
femes105626222femes_
feres86038182feres_
fest74949442f__est
fetes85630142fetes_
fewer115216122fewe_r
fewness1335002fewness
fezes175220022fezes_
finest94321732finest
fliest94718432fliest
forest94926742forest
freest95318282freest
funest94316862funest
geest64829612ge_est
lewdest1136282lewdest
lowest93915592lowest
merest84725112merest
rawest93615062rawest
reest54938092re_est
renest64529712renest
retest64028452retest
revest94623602revest
rewet85135152rewe_t
rewets94617212rewets
serest64831612serest
weest85026772we_est
west75748082__west

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551432.43633887.9
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.81263545.9
 
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