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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 “stalest” 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.

61 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
stalest7372017(None) 
stablest103312941stablest
stales65538291stales_
halest94823272_halest
palest83926222_palest
realest73322432realest
safest95016602s_afest
sagest74920262s_agest
sales56055592s_ales_
saltest71916512s_altest
sanest64426692s_anest
sayest94217742s_ayest
scales84529312scales_
scaliest101714392scaliest
searest73322022searest
shales94731252shales_
shaliest111415052shaliest
shoalest1168912shoalest
smallest1039402smallest
spales84728102spales_
sparest94616422sparest
stables93219072stables_
stades74626242stades_
stages75629492stages_
stagiest91613402stagiest
staidest939802staidest
stakes103927292stakes_
stale55637102stale__
staled74728102stale_d
stalely1039212stalely
staler64025822stale_r
stalkiest1347902stalkiest
stalks104614552stalks_
stalls64019932stalls_
stanes64933402stanes_
stapes85028732stapes_
staples93617212staples_
stares66038752stares_
starets73515922starets
starkest1239722starkest
starless81610842starless
starlet71620122starle_t
starlets81610082starlets
stases64225562stases_
states64337082states_
statist7317722statist
staves94525192staves_
steles63725662steles_
stiles64328772stiles_
stillest8311072stillest
stoles63927672stoles_
styles94418652styles_
stylet94018572style_t
stylets10369212stylets
stylist102110282stylist
suavest10310622suavest
swales93920762swales_
talent6323322_talent
tales55451372_tales_
tallest7317092_tallest
tamest85721292_tamest

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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671613.51330649.3
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691613.65548889.5
 
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