Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sparest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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59 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
sparest	9	46	1643	(None)
searest	7	33	2202	1	searest
spares	8	48	3455	1	spares_
sparsest	10	4	882	1	sparsest
barest	8	53	2769	2	_barest
dearest	8	36	1867	2	dearest
nearest	7	34	1584	2	nearest
palest	8	39	2622	2	_palest
parent	8	32	3042	2	_parent
pares	7	71	6448	2	_pares_
prest	7	57	3635	2	_p_rest
purest	8	40	2193	2	_purest
rarest	6	57	2548	2	_rarest
safest	9	50	1660	2	s_afest
sagest	7	49	2026	2	s_agest
sanest	6	44	2669	2	s_anest
sayest	9	42	1774	2	s_ayest
scarcest	12	16	917	2	scarcest
scares	8	50	3300	2	scares_
scariest	10	16	1595	2	scariest
serest	6	48	3161	2	s_erest
shares	9	52	3641	2	shares_
sharpest	13	3	915	2	sharpest
smartest	10	3	1018	2	smartest
snares	6	53	2903	2	snares_
sorest	6	50	2800	2	s_orest
sourest	7	5	1571	2	sourest
spaces	10	47	2263	2	spaces_
spaciest	12	23	1090	2	spaciest
spades	9	42	2258	2	spades_
spaes	7	60	2997	2	spa_es_
spales	8	47	2810	2	spales_
spare	7	51	3556	2	spare__
spared	9	54	2749	2	spare_d
sparely	12	34	1067	2	sparely
sparer	8	45	2496	2	spare_r
sparers	9	45	1961	2	sparers
sparges	10	40	1634	2	sparges_
sparkiest	15	18	810	2	sparkiest
sparks	12	46	1636	2	sparks_
sparriest	11	19	879	2	sparriest
spars	7	54	3154	2	spar_s_
sparse	8	45	1634	2	spar_se
sparser	9	43	1148	2	sparser
spates	8	50	2817	2	spates_
spires	8	46	2811	2	spires_
spiriest	10	25	1346	2	spiriest
spores	8	47	2661	2	spores_
sprent	8	45	2238	2	sp_rent
spriest	9	27	1865	2	spriest
spryest	12	24	781	2	spryest
squarest	17	33	822	2	squarest
stalest	7	37	2017	2	stalest
stares	6	60	3875	2	stares_
starets	7	35	1592	2	starets
starkest	12	3	972	2	starkest
suavest	10	3	1062	2	suavest
surest	6	50	2676	2	s_urest
yarest	9	50	1891	2	_yarest

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	59	3.580	30075.7
3	Display Results	59	59	0.030	1966.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	3.970	45010.3