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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 “weakest” 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.

29 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
weakest143900(None) 
beakiest143313462beakiest
bleakest1436282bleakest
deadest93014882deadest
deafest112911512deafest
dearest83618672dearest
featest102715112featest
leakiest123212792leakiest
leanest7415862leanest
meanest9315702meanest
meekest1336892meekest
nearest73415842nearest
neatest72516002neatest
peakiest143512992peakiest
realest73322432realest
searest73322022searest
tweakiest1634052tweakiest
wackest164710862wackest
wakes126633652w_akes_
weaken13349602weake_n
weakens14367062weakens
weaker134015442weake_r
weakish17217172weakish
weakliest1635852weakliest
weakness1535352weakness
weariest112914792weariest
weaves123616372weaves_
weest85026772we__est
wettest10239362wettest

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671293.47031029.1
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.60649553.8
 
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