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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 “specialest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
specialest144557(None) 
specialist1448341specialist
specialer1344732speciale_r
specialise1446602specialise
specialism1646812specialism
specialists1546202specialists
specialness1554052specialness
specials1238032special_s_
speciates13229232speciates_
serialist9715113s_erialist
socialist11411393s_ocialist
spaciest122310893spaci__est
special11310303special___
specialised1654533specialised
specialises1546003specialises
specialisms1745973specialisms
specialistic1854183specialistic
speciality1746333speciality
specialize2347193specialize
specializes2446443specializes_
specially1647343special_ly
specialties1544663specialties_
specialty1644303special_ty
speciate12209583speciate__
speciated14207543speciate_d
species11314133speci__es_
specifies1647573specifies_
speckles16268133spec_kles_
spectacles1643913spectacles_
spectates13228813spectates_
spiciest122711603spici__est

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603315.76324397.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.20228811.8
 
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