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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 “yellowest” 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.

33 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
yellowest155401(None) 
mellowest1445121mellowest
callowest1445822callowest
hollowest1544902hollowest
sallowest1246562sallowest
yellowed15185742yellowe_d
yellower14186212yellowe_r
yellowish1843322yellowish
yellows13329602yellow_s_
bellowed14158603bellowe_d
bellower13159063bellowe_r
bellowers14177623bellowers
bellows124313303bellow_s_
billowiest1543633billowiest
fellest10313753fell__est
felloes104114383fello_es_
fellowed15136833fellowe_d
fellows134212433fellow_s_
helloes103717463hello_es_
lowest93915593___lowest
mellowed14166923mellowe_d
mellower13167403mellowe_r
mellowness1542623mellowness
mellows123812233mellow_s_
shallowest1643993shallowest
slowest10168713__slowest
willowiest1643233willowiest
yellow12429883yellow___
yellowfin1851903yellowfin
yellowing1655073yellowing
yellowlegs1751483yellowlegs
yellowly17283623yellow_ly
yellowy16255693yellow__y

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641337.15620771.5
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.59523527.5
 
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