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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 “widest” 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.

74 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
widest10451700(None) 
wides94832821wides_
wildest113311271wildest
wisest95016441wisest
aides65336602aides_
airest63825262airest
aridest8316142aridest
bides85536772bides_
bidet84935622bide_t
bidets95215532bidets
didst74619612did_st
digest84019622digest
direst75024242direst
divest106820072divest
eldest72912682eldest
fideist1139752fideist
finest94321732finest
hides95129422hides_
ides57734232_ides_
idlest74014862_idlest
kindest12311502kindest
likest104914382likest
livest95315732livest
midst85922552mid_st
mildest102812062mildest
modest93818452modest
nicest82315662nicest
nides65229132nides_
nudest74113832nudest
oddest81710862oddest
oldest72114092oldest
rident7520192rident
rides66140812rides_
rifest93114582rifest
ripest84317942ripest
rudest74016312rudest
sides65838362sides_
snidest8310912snidest
tides64830152tides_
tidiest83514872tidiest
vilest9416842vilest
wades95634142wades_
wadset10314302wadset
weest85026772w_eest
weirdest1244432weirdest
west75748082w__est
whitest133710112whitest
wide85235402wide__
widely133311032widely
widen94717972wide_n
widens106212722widens
wideout1179032wideout
wider94826352wide_r
widget113815252widget
widgets12318452widgets
widish13419362widish
wifes114522562wifes_
wiles85437872wiles_
wiliest103416592wiliest
windiest122213232windiest
wines85546862wines_
winiest103419692winiest
wipes104827082wipes_
wires86034912wires_
wiriest103816852wiriest
wisent93516342wisent
wises85633192wises_
wist78049292wi__st
wites85536962wites_
wives115328922wives_
wizes174723342wizes_
wrest84925432w_rest
wriest94419712wriest
wryest12429112wryest

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551742.54632423.8
3Display Results74740.0302466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691742.68666526.8
 
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