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

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79 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
candidest134653(None) 
candidas12338642candidas_
candider1237342candide_r
candidness1444772candidness
candids113812692candid_s_
candies104125612candi_es_
canniest10313362canni_est
dandiest103415032dandi_est
handiest123417772handi_est
randiest93418772randi_est
sandiest93218682sandi_est
acridest1138143_acridest
aridest8316143_a_ridest
baddest112611143ba_d_dest
bandies104124863bandi_es_
bandiness122310243bandiness
bawdiest14398673bawdi_est
bendiest112311983bendi_est
caddices14297853caddices_
caddies113718383caddi_es_
caddises12329353caddises_
cagiest102916433ca_gi_est
cakiest133215663ca_ki_est
campiest142212133campi_est
candent10417363can__dent
candid104517853candid___
candida114110253candid__a
candidacy1852363candidacy
candidal12367733candid_al
candidate1356663candidate
candidates1446303candidates_
candidly1545213candid_ly
candied113816023candi_e_d
candles104422343cand_les_
canids95118133can_id_s_
canines93724033can_ines_
canniness1138643canniness
carbides133111693carbides_
cattiest103016333catti_est
caudices13337343caudices_
chanciest1638373chanci_est
clankiest1536663clanki_est
cloddiest1334633cloddiest
concisest1348253concisest
condiment14410853condiment
confident1549383confident
confides14310573confides_
crankiest1538823cranki_est
cruddiest1334453cruddiest
curdiest112511393curdi_est
cyanides14258003cyan_ides_
dandies94121443dandi_es_
faddiest1338113faddi_est
fanciest133612713fanci_est
gaudiest1039393gaudi_est
haddest122711993ha_d_dest
handiness132110933handiness
hardiest123416333hardi_est
landsides11116743landsides_
lankiest122912493lanki_est
lardiest93813883lardi_est
maddest112311213ma_d_dest
mangiest112815903mangi_est
manifest1339503man_ifest
manliest102314943manli_est
pandies104224503pandi_es_
randies84225663randi_es_
randiness102511443randiness
rangiest93115983rangi_est
rapidest1138543ra_pidest
saddest92412383sa_d_dest
sandiness102111713sandiness
scantiest112611003scanti_est
snidest8310913_sn_idest
tangiest92915223tangi_est
tardiest93515243tardi_est
waniest103819113wan_i_est
windiest122213233windi_est
zaniest163214773zan_i_est

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641797.25020502.2
3Display Results79790.0302633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691797.70323197.6
 
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