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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 “safest” 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.

56 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
safest9501660(None) 
safes85226721safes_
sagest74920261sagest
sanest64426691sanest
sayest94217741sayest
barest85327692barest
basest84720492basest
cafes106426922cafes_
daftest11248942daftest
deafest112911512deafest
fest74949442__fest
gabfest1336452gabfest
gamest94919922gamest
gayest104314332gayest
halest94823272halest
infest93315432infest
lamest84722762lamest
latest63822702latest
laxest134913362laxest
mayest114614792mayest
palest83926222palest
rarest65725482rarest
rawest93615062rawest
rifest93114582rifest
sabes76437462sabes_
saddest92412382saddest
sades65239892sades_
sadist74221352sadist
safe75930952safe__
safely12249392safely
safer84721812safe_r
safety12206912safety
sages65339062sages_
sagiest82617982sagiest
sakes95540752sakes_
sales56055592sales_
saltest71916512saltest
sanes55649072sanes_
sates54949322sates_
saves85838632saves_
saxes125229342saxes_
sayst85322002sa_yst
searest73322022searest
serest64831612serest
shiest95821522shiest
shyest125511832shyest
sliest66621952sliest
slyest93811362slyest
softest10310602softest
sorest65028002sorest
sparest94616422sparest
stalest73720172stalest
suavest10310622suavest
surest65026762surest
tamest85721292tamest
yarest95018912yarest

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551562.87328733.4
3Display Results56560.0331697.0
 (SQL Overall)178691563.26654712.5
 
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