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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 “scaliest” 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.

42 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
scaliest10171440(None) 
scariest101615951scariest
shaliest111415061shaliest
cagiest102916432_cagiest
cakiest133215662_cakiest
calmest11312342_calmest
coaliest10316222coaliest
mealiest102215972mealiest
paliest93021612_paliest
sagiest82617992s_agiest
salient7419762s_alient
saltest71916512s_altest
saltiest83117722s_altiest
scabbiest1534922scabbiest
scabies11613332scabies_
scales84529312scal_es_
scalier94316912scalie_r
scaliness1149302scaliness
scantest101710182scantest
scantiest112611012scantiest
scarcest12169172scarcest
scarriest11188402scarriest
scattiest11268372scattiest
scrawliest1553822scrawliest
seamiest102715422seamiest
shadiest121711282shadiest
shakiest151910942shakiest
shoaliest1238512shoaliest
sickliest1547522sickliest
silliest84017102silliest
slatiest82616272slatiest
sliest66621962s__liest
smallest1039402smallest
snakiest122110552snakiest
snarliest91810212snarliest
soapiest102412852soapiest
spaciest122310902spaciest
stagiest91613412stagiest
stalest73720172stal_est
stalkiest1347912stalkiest
surliest82416912surliest
vealiest112513202vealiest

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059423.78332000.8
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691424.20342515.1
 
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