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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 “starriest” 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.

24 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
starriest915976(None) 
scarriest11188391scarriest
sparriest11198781sparriest
tarriest83215001_tarriest
charriest1438252charriest
sarkiest123615062s_arkiest
scariest101615942sca_riest
smarmiest1335902smarmiest
snarkiest13207632snarkiest
snarliest91810202snarliest
sorriest8413882s_orriest
sparkiest15188092sparkiest
staggiest11148252staggiest
stagiest91613402sta_giest
stalkiest1347902stalkiest
starchiest1547182starchiest
starkest1239722sta_rkest
starrier8279462starrie_r
stormiest1137002stormiest
strawiest1237212strawiest
sturdiest10207392sturdiest
tardiest93515242_tardiest
tarries73324262_tarries_
tartiest82718312_tartiest

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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436243.64033361.5
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691244.04944132.1
 
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