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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 “lankest” 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.

44 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
lankest11271411(None) 
blankest14439061blankest
dankest122611671dankest
lankiest122912491lankiest
rankest112713811rankest
blackest16269302blackest
blandest113811042blandest
blanket134313092blanke_t
blankets14356502blankets
clankiest1536662clankiest
crankest1438142crankest
darkest122512622darkest
frankest1536962frankest
laciest93819032laciest
lakes95737652la_kes_
lakiest113517262lakiest
lamest84722762la_mest
lances84824102lances_
lancet84223572lance_t
lancets93411162lancets
lanes54946792lan_es_
lanker104123002lanke_r
lankness12237042lankness
largest83715102largest
larkiest123713312larkiest
latest63822702la_test
latkes104715872latkes_
laxest134913362la_xest
laziest163814472laziest
leanest7415862lean_est
likest104914382l_ikest
liniest73321152liniest
longest84114952longest
luniest73516992luniest
pinkest132812622pinkest
punkest132611692punkest
sanest64426692san_est
slackest14289392slackest
swankest15105932swankest
tannest72617852tannest
wackest164710862wackest
waniest103819112waniest
wannest103915002wannest
zaniest163214772zaniest

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 Limit107671442.93636672.7
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.32553741.7
 
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