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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 “earnest” 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.

50 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
earnest731873(None) 
earnests837851earnests
aeriest73924052aeriest
arrest63722632_arrest
barest85327692bar_est
barniest104815052barniest
carnet84732872carne_t
carnets93918402carnets
darkest122512622darkest
darndest1067222darndest
dearest83618672dear_est
dearness939972dearness
earless74316072earless
earliest82415242earliest
earned74818332earne_d
earner63617222earne_r
earners74016452earners
earnestly1243012earnestly
earns55927562earn_s_
easiest72318772easiest
eeriest73620672eeriest
ernes55224812e_rnes_
evenest10312102evenest
fainest10417702fainest
farness102912202farness
garnet73928412garne_t
garnets84115402garnets
hardest113118412hardest
harness102413932harness
harvest132112752harvest
largest83715102largest
leanest7415862lea_nest
leariest83117842leariest
meanest9315702mea_nest
nearest73415842near_est
nearness838312nearness
peartest10311302peartest
rarest65725482rar_est
rearrest8311602rearrest
sanest64426692sa_nest
searest73322022sear_est
tannest72617852tannest
tartest72517532tartest
teariest82417262teariest
vainest10315762vainest
wannest103915002wannest
wariest105122502wariest
warmest123113032warmest
weariest112914792weariest
yarest95018912yar_est

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911076711.250142952.8
2DLD Change Limit107671507.86013698.6
3Display Results50500.0461087.0
 (SQL Overall)178691509.15619516.3
 
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