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

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
darnedest114525(None) 
damnedest1344331damnedest
darndest1067221darn_dest
darnedests1242231darnedests
durnedest1144081durnedest
damndest1276002damn_dest
damnedests1451592damnedests
darndests1183142darn_dests
darneder1033982darnede_r
durndest1065762durn_dest
arbelest1049503_arbelest
aridest8316143_ar_idest
barniest104815053barn_iest
barrenest1149563barrenest
cursedest1245343cursedest
daintiest1039153daintiest
damndests1392793damn_dests
damneder1243763damnede_r
dandiest103415033da_ndiest
danegelt1045093da_negelt
dankest122611673da_n_kest
dapperest1445283dapperest
darkest122512623dar__kest
darkliest1435163darkliest
darned85018483darned___
darnels83710433darne_ls_
darners83815773darne_rs_
durneder1043233durnede_r
earnest7318733earn__est
grandest10311573gran_dest
hardest113118413har__dest
jaggedest1942853jaggedest
nakedest1345473na_kedest
raggedest1244013raggedest
scaredest1246633scar_edest
tiredest938403tir_edest

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641367.15620771.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.59223536.7
 
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