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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 “leariest” 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.

61 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
leariest8311784(None) 
bleariest1158841bleariest
leadiest93314981leadiest
leafiest113410881leafiest
leakiest123212791leakiest
leaviest112910811leaviest
leeriest83112881leeriest
teariest82417261teariest
weariest112914791weariest
aeriest73924052ae_riest
beadiest113815532beadiest
beakiest143313462beakiest
beamiest123212762beamiest
beeriest104013402beeriest
chariest13315502chariest
clearest1038652clear_est
dearest83618672dear_est
dearies83526272dearies_
dreariest10229122dreariest
earliest82415242_earliest
earnest7318732_earnest
easiest72318772_easiest
eeriest73620672_eeriest
glariest92012522glariest
gleamiest1235302gleamiest
headiest123015552headiest
heartiest12311102heartiest
heaviest143210442heaviest
hoariest11312882hoariest
laciest93819032l_aciest
lakiest113517262l_akiest
lardiest93813882l_ardiest
largest83715102l_argest
larkiest123713312l_arkiest
laziest163814472l_aziest
leachiest1437242leachiest
leanest7415862lea_nest
learier73415662learie_r
ledgiest10288592ledgiest
leggiest10308232leggiest
loamiest102310202loamiest
mealiest102215972mealiest
meatiest102816792meatiest
merriest10311472merriest
nearest73415842near_est
nearliest949362nearliest
peakiest143512992peakiest
pearliest1139352pearliest
peartest10311302peartest
peatiest103118802peatiest
readiest93719042readiest
rearrest8311602rearrest
scariest101615942scariest
seamiest102715412seamiest
searest73322022sear_est
sleaziest1836052sleaziest
smeariest1138112smeariest
vealiest112513202vealiest
veriest103719132ve_riest
wariest105122502_wariest
wearies103020222wearies_

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059613.34636180.2
3Display Results61610.0302033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691613.74947663.6
 
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