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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 “ghostliest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
ghostliest145371(None) 
ghastliest1443441ghastliest
ghostiest1336541ghost_iest
costliest1138562_costliest
ghostlier1343342ghostlie_r
ghostliness1542562ghostliness
gristliest1154982gristliest
thistliest1344382thistliest
beastliest1244663beastliest
bristliest1245143bristliest
chestiest1438313chest_iest
frostiest1239223frost_iest
ghastlier1342893ghastlie_r
ghastliness1542643ghastliness
ghostier1235383ghost_ie_r
ghostlike1743353ghostli_ke
ghoulies1235393gho_ulies_
glossiest10277943glos_siest
godliest1039453g_o_dliest
goggliest1234063g_oggliest
goodliest1146393g_oodliest
goosiest92911823goos__iest
goutiest93013883g_out_iest
grisliest1047353gris_liest
grottiest10147183gro_ttiest
groutiest10147763grout_iest
growliest1335583gro_wliest
growthiest1742883growthiest
gustiest92914523g_ust_iest
hastiest112916503_hast_iest
holiest104319623_ho__liest
homeliest1448553_homeliest
hootiest113115643_hoot_iest
hostiles11312213_hostiles_
motliest10310773_mo_tliest
portliest11310183_portliest
shoaliest1238513sho_aliest
shortlist1246683shortli_st

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603386.17322777.1
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691386.59227107.3
 
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