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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 “earliest” 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.

49 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
earliest8241524(None) 
marliest102415181marliest
nearliest949361nearliest
pearliest1139361pearliest
aeriest73924052aer_iest
artiest73121992_artiest
barkiest144115152barkiest
barmiest125212782barmiest
barniest104815052barniest
burliest103113062burliest
curliest102713122curliest
darkliest1435162darkliest
deadliest1138182deadliest
earless74316072earl_ess
earlier72612742earlie_r
earliness939692earliness
earnest7318732ear_nest
earthiest1259112earthiest
earthliest1345402earthliest
easiest72318772ea_siest
eeliest73516472e_eliest
eeriest73620672eer_iest
featliest1238362featliest
girliest93010402girliest
gnarliest10186552gnarliest
hardiest123416342hardiest
heartiest12311102heartiest
lardiest93813892lardiest
larkiest123713322larkiest
leariest83117852lear_iest
manliest102314942manliest
marbliest1336762marbliest
mealiest102215972mea_liest
measliest1147172measliest
paliest93021612pa_liest
palliest102814642palliest
sarkiest123615072sarkiest
snarliest91810212snarliest
surliest82416912surliest
tardiest93515242tardiest
tarriest83215002tarriest
tartiest82718312tartiest
teariest82417262tear_iest
vealiest112513202vea_liest
wariest105122502war_iest
wartiest113614642wartiest
weakliest1635852weakliest
weariest112914792wear_iest
yearlies1137602yearlies_

Search took 5 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 Limit121059494.06329795.5
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691494.46939984.6
 
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