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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 “crankiest” 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.

36 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
crankiest153882(None) 
clankiest1536671clankiest
crankest1438141crank_est
brakiest143912242bra_kiest
branniest11199382branniest
cakiest133215662c_a_kiest
canniest10313362c_anniest
chalkiest1837092chalkiest
chanciest1638382chanciest
chinkiest1867022chinkiest
chunkiest1835262chunkiest
clunkiest1535162clunkiest
crabbiest1535622crabbiest
crackliest1844882crackliest
craftiest1436912craftiest
craggiest13116522craggiest
crampiest15268622crampiest
crankier14339162crankie_r
crankiness1636172crankiness
crankish1736512cranki_sh
crankles143510152crankles_
crannies10313012crannies_
crappiest15267272crappiest
crawliest14187402crawliest
craziest19319922cra_ziest
creakiest15238592creakiest
crinkliest16104522crinkliest
croakiest15167172croakiest
frankest1536962frank_est
lankiest122912502_lankiest
orangiest1038462orangiest
randiest93418772_randiest
rangiest93115982_rangiest
rankest112713812_rank_est
skankiest12145712skankiest
swankiest16136212swankiest

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.780229091.0
2DLD Change Limit121436364.69025892.5
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691365.48332590.0
 
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