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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 “spiciest” 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.

28 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
spiciest12271160(None) 
spaciest122310891spaciest
spikiest14259531spikiest
spiniest102813221spiniest
spiriest102513451spiriest
diciest103316522_diciest
iciest82914742__iciest
juiciest1736922juiciest
paciest112917802_paciest
pickiest162712592_pickiest
piniest93121132_piniest
pipiest113114492_pipiest
priciest122112902priciest
sauciest10310972sauciest
shiniest113212492shiniest
sickest131813792s_ickest
siziest16311472s_iziest
slickest14229252slickest
slimiest10310742slimiest
species11314132species_
spices104326032spic_es_
spicier115112462spicie_r
spiciness1347052spiciness
spiffiest17235652spiffiest
spriest92718642sp_riest
spruciest1345142spruciest
spumiest1238202spumiest
stickiest15229602stickiest

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059283.65633112.4
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691284.09243668.4
 
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