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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 “newest” 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
newest931421(None) 
fewest12311661fewest
behest11314612behest
bewept13410322bewept
detest74122842detest
devest104418702devest
dewiest11312342dewiest
egest65222342_egest
ewes76328702_ewes_
feyest12311402feyest
geest64829612ge_est
lewdest1136282lewdest
lowest93915592lowest
merest84725112merest
nearest73415842nearest
neatest72516002neatest
neist54628442ne_ist
nenes55329672nenes_
nest45548732n__est
neves87021872neves_
newel86114132newe_l
newels93710822newels
newer85717462newe_r
newies91014072newies_
newish1237902newish
newness1035702newness
news76127372new_s_
newsiest11107482newsiest
newsy11489392new_sy
newt76933742new__t
newts86015282newts_
nicest82315662nicest
nudest74113832nudest
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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551432.53032628.9
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.65667278.2
 
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