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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 “chalkier” 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
chalkier173675(None) 
balkier134111982_balkier
cakier123115242c_a_kier
calker124917082c_alk_er
chaffier1935472chaffier
chalked17449862chalk_ed
chalkiest1837092chalkiest
chalking183310062chalking
challie124012852challie_
challies133915642challies
chancier1538822chancier
charier124317902cha_rier
charrier1378692charrier
chattier1337512chattier
cheekier1735102cheekier
chillier13328422chillier
chinkier17377362chinkier
chokier1638042ch_okier
chunkier17395882chunkier
clankier14327082clankier
coalier93416182coal_ier
crankier14339162crankier
hulkier14328972_hulkier
shakier143411152sha_kier
shalier103116422shal_ier
stalkier1257072stalkier
talkier114011842_talkier
whackier2044672whackier
whelkier1833262whelkier

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 Filter1786911210590.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit121059296.18619569.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.64226903.2
 
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