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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 “hairiest” 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.

31 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
hairiest1161247(None) 
airiest74221011_airiest
aeriest73924052_aeriest
airest63825262_air_est
chariest13315512cha_riest
charriest1438262charriest
dairies84217732dairies_
fairest10412292fair_est
fairies103516042fairies_
glairiest1035492glairiest
hairier103111052hairie_r
hairiness1238012hairiness
hairless1157412hairless
hairnet10911702hairne_t
hairnets1195632hairnets
hammiest152610012hammiest
handiest123417782handiest
happiest152411682happiest
hardest113118412ha_rdest
hardiest123416342hardiest
harries103525502harries_
harvest132112752ha_rvest
hastiest112916502hastiest
haziest193313012ha_ziest
hoariest11312882hoariest
miriest93619822_miriest
rainiest81214922rainiest
spiriest102513462spiriest
tarriest83215002tarriest
wariest105122502wa_riest
wiriest103816852_wiriest

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059313.25037248.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.64349050.5
 
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