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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 “rarest” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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106 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
rarest6572548(None) 
arrest63722631arrest
barest85327691barest
rares55247441rares_
rawest93615061rawest
yarest95018911yarest
airest63825262airest
ares45871022_ares_
armrest9310162armrest
arrests73312682arrests
bares75457132bares_
basest84720492basest
bravest124211752bravest
brawest123810482brawest
cares77369182cares_
caress85720262caress
caret75360562care_t
carets85330772carets
crest74632692_crest
dares66146702dares_
darkest122512622darkest
dearest83618672dearest
direst75024242direst
drest65530342_drest
earnest7318732earnest
fairest10412292fairest
fares85852872fares_
forest94926742forest
gamest94919932gamest
gayest104314332gayest
gravest114011632gravest
grayest11489362grayest
halest94823272halest
hardest113118412hardest
hares86255542hares_
harvest132112752harvest
iratest7312482iratest
karst97228992kar_st
lamest84722762lamest
lares54852632lares_
largest83715102largest
latest63822702latest
laxest134913362laxest
mares76457632mares_
mayest114614792mayest
merest84725112merest
nares55544152nares_
nearest73415842nearest
palest83926222palest
parent83230422parent
pares77164482pares_
prest75736352_prest
purest84021932purest
races74943242races_
raciest92820012raciest
racist82822792racist
rages64539442rages_
rajes125022782rajes_
rakes94440352rakes_
rales54947492rales_
ramet75743142rame_t
ramets83517392ramets
rankest112713812rankest
rapes75740722rapes_
rapist82520672rapist
rare45348432rare__
rarebit948422rarebit
rared65738322rare_d
rarefy12296342rarefy
rarely93513652rarely
rarer54731702rare_r
rases55447212rases_
rashest103916872rashest
rates55352012rates_
raves85441972raves_
raxes124729392raxes_
razes145032702razes_
realest73322432realest
rearrest8311602rearrest
reest54938092r_eest
renest64529712renest
rerent63832452rerent
rest46459842__rest
retest64028452retest
revest94623602revest
rifest93114582rifest
ripest84317942ripest
rudest74016312rudest
safest95016602safest
sagest74920262sagest
sanest64426692sanest
sayest94217742sayest
searest73322022searest
serest64831612serest
sorest65028002sorest
sparest94616432sparest
surest65026762surest
tamest85721292tamest
tares57456562tares_
tartest72517532tartest
unrest62918852unrest
urares64519092urares_
wares88250582wares_
wariest105122502wariest
warmest123113032warmest
wrest84925432_wrest

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511062.65631080.9
3Display Results1061060.0303533.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911063.02958993.4
 
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