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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 “hardest” 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
hardest11311841(None) 
haddest122711991haddest
hardiest123416331hardiest
hardset113415831hardset
harvest132112751harvest
ardent73022612_ardent
aridest8316142_aridest
arrest63722632_arrest
baddest112611142baddest
baldest102313532baldest
bardes95026932bardes_
barest85327692bar_est
chariest13315502chariest
darkest122512622darkest
darndest1067222darndest
earnest7318732earnest
hades96035112ha_des_
hadst93220222ha_d_st
hairiest11612462hairiest
halest94823272ha_lest
handiest123417772handiest
handset113016822handset
hardass1139752hardass
harden105718532harde_n
hardens113815022hardens
harder105022402harde_r
hardhat14411022hardhat
hardies114923232hardies_
hardness122411082hardness
hards96435652hard_s_
hares86255542har_es_
harness102413932harness
harpist12312352harpist
harshest14310192harshest
harvests14246172harvests
haziest193313002haziest
headrest122910202headrest
hoariest11312882hoariest
hoarsest1137132hoarsest
hordes104921632hordes_
lardiest93813882lardiest
largest83715102largest
maddest112311212maddest
rarest65725482rar_est
saddest92412382saddest
sharpest1339142sharpest
tardiest93515242tardiest
tartest72517532tartest
wariest105122502wariest
warmest123113032warmest
yarest95018912yar_est

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671514.00026917.8
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691514.37640834.3
 
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