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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 “sportiest” 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.

27 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
sportiest11171102(None) 
spottiest11177681spottiest
porkiest143513712_porkiest
porniest103214312_porniest
portliest11310182_portliest
pottiest102815972_pottiest
poutiest103016792_poutiest
purtiest102414112_purtiest
shirtiest1239322shirtiest
shortest11310782short_est
shorties11414582shorties_
snootiest9178752snootiest
snottiest9167972snottiest
snoutiest9178252snoutiest
sootiest84016752s_ootiest
sorriest8413882s_orriest
sorties74126402s_orties_
sparkiest15188092sparkiest
sparriest11198782sparriest
spiriest102513452spir_iest
spongiest1237082spongiest
spookiest15156392spookiest
spooniest11178132spooniest
sportier102010052sportie_r
sportiness1278232sportiness
spriest92718642sp_r_iest
stormiest1137002stormiest

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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436273.54634245.9
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691273.95245215.3
 
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