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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 “grayest” 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.

29 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
grayest1148936(None) 
gayest104314331g_ayest
gravest114011631gravest
greyest11348341greyest
bravest124211752bravest
brawest123810482brawest
dryest104811122dr_yest
gamest94919932g_amest
graces94523492graces_
grades84926312grades_
grandest10311572grandest
grapes95123122grapes_
grapiest112211932grapiest
grates75429892grates_
graves104624002graves_
grayed115415642graye_d
grayer106014542graye_r
grayish1437812grayish
grayness1235932grayness
grayout1148512grayout
grays95621332gray_s_
grazes164519642grazes_
greatest939862greatest
iratest7312482iratest
mayest114614792_mayest
rarest65725482_rarest
rawest93615062_rawest
sayest94217742_sayest
wryest12429112wr_yest

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 Filter1786911076710.753237305.4
2DLD Change Limit107671296.35616940.1
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.12525079.4
 
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