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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 “barest” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

126 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
barest8532769(None) 
bares75457131bares_
basest84720491basest
rarest65725481rarest
yarest95018911yarest
ablest84721832ablest
abreast9311272abreast
airest63825262airest
ares45871022_ares_
arrest63722632arrest
babes95834112babes_
babiest114414752babiest
backrest1639392backrest
baddest112611142baddest
bakes117035372bakes_
baldest102313532baldest
bales76250082bales_
banes74945582banes_
barbes104526232barbes_
barbet104427882barbet
barbets114915842barbets
barbs95928192barbs_
barbut104617002barbut
bardes95026932bardes_
bards87139642bards_
bare65460522bare__
bared85144482bare_d
barefit1249722barefit
barege94713542barege
barely114716792barely
barer74535802bare_r
barfs104826002barfs_
barges94528252barges_
barghest1447912barghest
barguest1137162barguest
barista9310812barista
barkiest144115152barkiest
barks115735812barks_
barless94317002barless
barmiest125212782barmiest
barms96128462barms_
barniest104815052barniest
barns76335142barns_
barres84427542barres_
barret84930482barret
barrets94917102barrets
bars66564092bar_s_
baryes116218502baryes_
bases75644352bases_
basset85225382basset
bast66362412ba__st
bates75846342bates_
behest11314612behest
bereft114317302bereft
beret74946362bere_t
berets85822522berets
best66355322b__est
blares85021632blares_
blest76431722b_lest
bluest84016482bluest
bores76448252bores_
braes75735052braes_
bravest124211752bravest
brawest123810482brawest
breast8319632b_reast
brent75734132b_rent
buret77444012bure_t
burets84321262burets
burst75332242bur_st
byres104421382byres_
cares77369182cares_
caress85720262caress
caret75360562care_t
carets85330772carets
crest74632692_crest
dares66146702dares_
darkest122512622darkest
dearest83618672dearest
direst75024242direst
drest65530342_drest
earnest7318732earnest
fairest10412292fairest
fares85852872fares_
forest94926742forest
gamest94919932gamest
gayest104314332gayest
halest94823272halest
hardest113118412hardest
hares86255542hares_
harvest132112752harvest
karst97228992kar_st
lamest84722762lamest
lares54852632lares_
largest83715102largest
latest63822702latest
laxest134913362laxest
mares76457632mares_
mayest114614792mayest
merest84725112merest
nares55544152nares_
nearest73415842nearest
palest83926222palest
parent83230422parent
pares77164482pares_
prest75736352_prest
purest84021932purest
rares55247442rares_
rawest93615062rawest
rest46459842__rest
safest95016602safest
sagest74920262sagest
sanest64426692sanest
sayest94217742sayest
searest73322022searest
serest64831612serest
sorest65028002sorest
sparest94616432sparest
surest65026762surest
tamest85721292tamest
tares57456562tares_
tartest72517532tartest
unrest62918852unrest
wares88250582wares_
wariest105122502wariest
warmest123113032warmest
wrest84925432_wrest

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit825511262.82629211.3
3Display Results1261260.0462739.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911263.21855528.6
 
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