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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 “spiriest” 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.

36 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
spiriest10251346(None) 
spiciest122711611spiciest
spikiest14259541spikiest
spiniest102813231spiniest
spriest92718651sp_riest
airiest74221012_airiest
hairiest11612472hairiest
miriest93619822_miriest
piniest93121132_piniest
pipiest113114502_pipiest
priest84125422_p_riest
scariest101615952scariest
shiniest113212502shiniest
shirtiest1239332shirtiest
siziest16311472s_iziest
slimiest10310752slimiest
smirkiest1535192smirkiest
sorriest8413882sorriest
spaciest122310902spaciest
sparest94616432spar_est
sparkiest15188102sparkiest
sparriest11198792sparriest
sparsest1048822sparsest
spheriest1438382spheriest
spideriest1345292spideriest
spiffiest17235662spiffiest
spires84628112spir_es_
spirier93214072spirie_r
spirit83519922spiri__t
spiritist1148092spiritist
spirits94112622spirits_
sportiest111711032sportiest
spryest12247812sp_ryest
spumiest1238212spumiest
swirliest1236292swirliest
wiriest103816852_wiriest

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059364.34327874.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.74937627.1
 
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