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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 “nicest” 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
nicest8231566(None) 
incest82918741incest
airest63825262airest
bices95029962bices_
chicest14209942chicest
dicast9315572dicast
dices86434242dices_
diciest103316522diciest
digest84019622digest
direst75024242direst
divest106820072divest
fices106031162fices_
finest94321732finest
ices66129642_ices_
iciest82914742_iciest
incent83320722incent
incept102712752incept
incests92711382incests
infest93315432infest
ingest73119002ingest
invest93014842invest
likest104914382likest
livest95315732livest
naivest10309472naivest
nest45548732n__est
newest9314212newest
nice65534712nice__
nicely1139492nicely
nicer74618292nice_r
nicety1138432nicety
niches114419142niches_
nicks114920492nicks_
nides65229132nides_
nieces84112712nieces_
nighest11310692nighest
nines55937342nines_
nites55736342nites_
nixes124519622nixes_
nocent83217412nocent
nudest74113832nudest
rices75536152rices_
richest122813682richest
rifest93114582rifest
ripest84317942ripest
sices75637272sices_
sickest131813792sickest
snidest8310912snidest
vices105725532vices_
vilest9416842vilest
widest104517002widest
wisest95016442wisest

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551512.21637252.3
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691512.56269746.7
 
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