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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 “vilest” 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.

63 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
vilest941684(None) 
evilest10310471evilest
ablest84721832ablest
airest63825262airest
biles75542142biles_
blest76431722_blest
digest84019622digest
direst75024242direst
divest106820072divest
evillest1146352evillest
files85441272files_
filet85540162file_t
filets94718952filets
finest94321732finest
fliest94718432fliest
halest94823272halest
idlest74014862idlest
illest63615722illest
lest46956322__lest
likest104914382likest
livest95315732livest
mildest102812062mildest
miles74645072miles_
molest85022742molest
nicest82315662nicest
oiliest72817682oiliest
palest83926222palest
piles74742612piles_
rifest93114582rifest
riles55343642riles_
ripest84317942ripest
silent64125842silent
sliest66621952sliest
tiles55542102tiles_
vainest10315762vainest
vales85434262vales_
valet84337872vale_t
valets93715622valets
vest75743602v__est
vibes104719952vibes_
vibist11610582vibist
vices105725532vices_
vies75238622vi_es_
vile76139802vile__
vilely1239442vilely
viler86324162vile_r
vills86429322vills_
vines85137642vines_
viniest103216612viniest
violent102110812violent
violet92620922viole_t
violets102210002violets
violist10312142violist
vires84529682vires_
vises84427772vises_
voiles94616442voiles_
voles86234042voles_
volost9412642volost
widest104517002widest
wildest113311272wildest
wiles85437872wiles_
wiliest103416592wiliest
wisest95016442wisest

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551632.40634310.5
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691632.74865025.8
 
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