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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 “pithiest” 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.

35 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
pithiest13271144(None) 
pitchiest1646701pitchiest
withiest142411241withiest
bitchiest1636082bitchiest
bitsiest102610062bitsiest
bittiest103012042bittiest
dishiest12313682dishiest
ditheist1249492ditheist
ditsiest92111322ditsiest
ditziest18218472ditziest
filthiest1545372filthiest
fishiest14310452fishiest
itchiest1336522_itchiest
lathiest11312662lathiest
lithest10513912lith_est
mitiest93520052mit_iest
mothiest13311032mothiest
mythiest1636032mythiest
nittiest82712602nittiest
patchiest1638352patchiest
pettiest103113962pettiest
pickiest162712592pickiest
piggiest12259662piggiest
piniest93121132pi_niest
pipiest113114502pi_piest
pithier123010292pithie_r
pithiness1437562pithiness
pithless13117022pithless
pities83828082pit_ies_
pottiest102815972pottiest
pushiest133211712pushiest
ritziest17237842ritziest
witchiest1736312witchiest
withies133913542withies_
wittiest112711522wittiest

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059353.90630993.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.29541604.4
 
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