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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 “neediest” 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.

37 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
neediest9261130(None) 
deediest102912251deediest
nerdiest92511161nerdiest
reediest92815421reediest
seediest92714051seediest
weediest122311131weediest
beadiest113815532beadiest
beedies10314202beedies_
beefiest13269012beefiest
beeriest104013402beeriest
bendiest112311982bendiest
eeliest73516472_eeliest
eeriest73620672_eeriest
geekiest13257872geekiest
greediest1147552greediest
headiest123015552headiest
leadiest93314982leadiest
leeriest83112882leeriest
neddies92710702neddies_
needier84010622needie_r
neediness10227732neediness
needles83211562needles_
needless9308332needless
nerviest11188832nerviest
nettiest83112432nettiest
newsiest11107482newsiest
readiest93719042readiest
reefiest112811482reefiest
reekiest122711312reekiest
seepiest102412622seepiest
sneeriest939312sneeriest
sneeziest1845152sneeziest
speediest1257462speediest
teeniest82112412teeniest
tweediest1344272tweediest
weeniest112411212weeniest
weepiest13219472weepiest

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059373.68632842.9
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691374.09543636.4
 
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