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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 “nerdiest” 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
nerdiest9251116(None) 
neediest92611301neediest
nerviest11188831nerviest
aeriest73924052aer_iest
beadiest113815532beadiest
bendiest112311982bendiest
curdiest112511392curdiest
deediest102912252deediest
eeriest73620672eer_iest
ferniest1132214152ferniest
germiest11249912germiest
hardiest123416332hardiest
headiest123015552headiest
herbiest1339992herbiest
jerkiest19328112jerkiest
lardiest93813882lardiest
leadiest93314982leadiest
merriest10311472merriest
nearliest949362nearliest
neddies92710702neddies_
nerdier83110352nerdie_r
nerdiness10208332nerdiness
nerdish1137102nerdi_sh
nettiest83112432nettiest
newsiest11107482newsiest
oneriest8313442oner_iest
perkiest143313242perkiest
readiest93719042readiest
reediest92815422reediest
seediest92714052seediest
tardiest93515242tardiest
veriest103719132ver_iest
weediest122311132weediest
wordiest122311542wordiest

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059343.62633386.4
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691344.04544175.8
 
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