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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 “scariest” 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.

60 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
scariest10161594(None) 
scaliest101714391scaliest
scarcest12169171scarcest
scarriest11188391scarriest
cagiest102916432_cagiest
cakiest133215662_cakiest
caries85147622_caries_
chariest13315502chariest
glariest92012522glariest
hoariest11312882hoariest
leariest83117842leariest
sacrist9315422sacri_st
sagiest82617982s_agiest
sarkiest123615062s_arkiest
scabbiest1534912scabbiest
scabies11613332scabies_
scantest101710182scantest
scantiest112611002scantiest
scaredest1246632scaredest
scares85033002scar_es_
scarier94017872scarie_r
scariness11310182scariness
scariose1037592scariose
scarless10189052scarless
scarlet91516942scarle_t
scarlets10178572scarlets
scarves124511622scarves_
scattiest11268362scattiest
scries85226822sc_ries_
scurfiest14236862scurfiest
scurviest14266122scurviest
seamiest102715412seamiest
searest73322022sear_est
shadiest121711272shadiest
shakiest151910932shakiest
shaliest111415052shaliest
sharpest1339142sharpest
slatiest82616262slatiest
smarmiest1335902smarmiest
smartest10310182smartest
smeariest1138112smeariest
snakiest122110542snakiest
snarkiest13207632snarkiest
snarliest91810202snarliest
soapiest102412842soapiest
sorriest8413882sorriest
spaciest122310892spaciest
sparest94616422spar_est
sparkiest15188092sparkiest
sparriest11198782sparriest
sparsest1048812sparsest
spiriest102513452spiriest
spriest92718642s_priest
stagiest91613402stagiest
starkest1239722starkest
starriest9159762starriest
sugariest1038132sugariest
teariest82417262teariest
wariest105122502_wariest
weariest112914792weariest

Search took 8 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 Limit121059607.18616846.5
3Display Results60600.063952.4
 (SQL Overall)178691607.63923391.9
 
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