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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 “snarkiest” 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.

25 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
snarkiest1320763(None) 
sarkiest123615061s_arkiest
snakiest122110541sna_kiest
snarliest91810201snarliest
sparkiest15188091sparkiest
barkiest144115152_barkiest
gnarliest10186552gnarliest
larkiest123713312_larkiest
scariest101615942scar_iest
scarriest11188392scarriest
shakiest151910932sha_kiest
skankiest12145702skankiest
smarmiest1335902smarmiest
smirkiest1535192smirkiest
snaggiest11126672snaggiest
snappiest1346492snappiest
snarkier12336512snarkie_r
snazziest1743132snazziest
sneakiest13176832sneakiest
sparkliest1644572sparkliest
sparriest11198782sparriest
stalkiest1347902stalkiest
starkest1239722stark_est
starriest9159762starriest
swankiest16136202swankiest

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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436253.82631739.7
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691254.26541897.1
 
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