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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 “fairest” 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.

34 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
fairest1041229(None) 
airest63825261_airest
fainest10417701fainest
airiest74221012_airiest
arrest63722632_arrest
barest85327692ba_rest
direst75024242_direst
fabbest1438032fabbest
faintest1139072faintest
faired105915772faire_d
fairer95212062faire_r
fairies103516042fairies_
fairish1338992fairish
fairness1136562fairness
fairs85825442fair_s_
falsest10310012falsest
fares85852872fa_res_
fastest102413722fastest
fattest102913062fattest
finest94321732f_inest
fires85740752f_ires_
firmest1239272f_irmest
first86226122f_ir_st
fliest94718432fli_est
forest94926742f_orest
frailest1139492frailest
hairiest11612472hairiest
naivest10309472naivest
rarest65725482ra_rest
unfairest1243562unfairest
vainest10315762vainest
wariest105122502wariest
yarest95018912ya_rest
zaires1539702zaires_

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671343.31032529.0
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.70248268.8
 
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