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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 “rainiest” 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.

44 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
rainiest8121492(None) 
brainiest11209721brainiest
grainiest10188991grainiest
airiest74221012_airiest
barniest104815052barniest
branniest11199382branniest
brawniest14197102brawniest
briniest102812322briniest
canniest10313362canniest
daintiest1039152daintiest
fainest10417702fain_est
faintest1139072faintest
fawniest14287442fawniest
gainliest1037132gainliest
hairiest11612462hairiest
liniest73321152_liniest
paintiest11310562paintiest
piniest93121132_piniest
raciest92820012ra_ciest
rainier71614262rainie_r
raininess949272raininess
rainless8129702rainless
rammiest12299932rammiest
randiest93418772randiest
rangiest93115982rangiest
rankest112713812ra_nkest
raspiest10311272raspiest
rattiest83516112rattiest
reinvest1138202reinvest
rimiest93215852r_imiest
roiliest8312282roiliest
runniest82911202runniest
shiniest113212492shiniest
spiniest102813222spiniest
tawniest11279342tawniest
tiniest73020122_tiniest
twiniest1147152twiniest
vainest10315762vain_est
veiniest1139382veiniest
viniest103216612_viniest
waniest103819112wa_niest
whiniest14298752whiniest
winiest103419692_winiest
zaniest163214772za_niest

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059443.36036029.5
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.76647448.5
 
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