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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 “girliest” 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.

37 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
girliest9301040(None) 
girlies83013701girlies_
airiest74221012air_iest
burliest103113062burliest
curliest102713122curliest
dirtiest93014202dirtiest
earliest82415242earliest
firriest112310432firriest
gainliest1037132gainliest
germiest11249922germiest
giddiest11298552giddiest
giggliest1234322giggliest
gillies84120962gillies_
gimpiest1338482gimpiest
ginniest92610512ginniest
girlie73711462girlie__
girlier8289522girlie_r
girlish1137192girli_sh
gnarliest10186552gnarliest
godliest1039452godliest
goriest82218742gor_iest
gorsiest92511132gorsiest
grimiest11299822grimiest
gripiest11289632gripiest
grisliest1047352grisliest
hilliest113914112hilliest
marliest102415182marliest
miriest93619822mir_iest
mirkiest142910252mirkiest
oiliest72817682oi_liest
silliest84017102silliest
surliest82416912surliest
swirliest1236292swirliest
twirliest1234502twirliest
whirliest15216042whirliest
wiliest103416592wi_liest
wiriest103816852wir_iest

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 Filter1786911210590.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit121059373.25037248.9
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.73647829.5
 
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