Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “dickey” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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86 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
dickey	16	59	1352	(None)
dicey	11	48	1933	1	dic_ey
dicked	14	49	2086	1	dicked
dicker	13	45	2140	1	dicker
dickeys	17	47	930	1	dickeys
dicky	15	48	1624	1	dick_y
dikey	13	51	1642	1	di_key
dinkey	14	48	1276	1	dinkey
hickey	18	50	1199	1	hickey
mickey	17	42	1185	1	mickey
rickey	15	46	1397	1	rickey
bicker	14	48	1917	2	bicker
crickey	18	41	814	2	crickey
dacker	13	49	2075	2	dacker
darkey	14	52	1242	2	darkey
decked	14	52	1762	2	decked
deckel	13	49	1104	2	deckel
decker	13	52	1599	2	decker
dice	7	58	4190	2	dic_e_
diced	9	58	2468	2	dic_ed
dicer	8	54	2642	2	dic_er
dices	8	64	3424	2	dic_es
dicier	9	44	1623	2	dicier
dick	11	64	3239	2	dick__
dickens	14	44	1013	2	dickens
dickers	14	41	1766	2	dickers
dickie	13	39	1311	2	dickie
dickier	14	35	1245	2	dickier
dickies	14	34	1634	2	dickies
dicks	12	58	2469	2	dick_s
dicty	11	51	1629	2	dic_ty
dike	9	59	3577	2	di_ke_
diked	11	50	2468	2	di_ked
diker	10	55	2455	2	di_ker
dikes	10	58	3133	2	di_kes
dingey	11	49	1405	2	dingey
dinked	12	48	1835	2	dinked
dinkeys	15	50	726	2	dinkeys
dinkly	14	43	1108	2	dinkly
dinky	13	58	1937	2	dink_y
dirked	12	49	1227	2	dirked
disked	12	50	1576	2	disked
docked	14	50	1833	2	docked
docker	13	44	1765	2	docker
docket	13	47	2117	2	docket
donkey	14	44	973	2	donkey
ducked	14	47	1801	2	ducked
ducker	13	43	1799	2	ducker
ducky	15	42	1611	2	duck_y
dykey	16	60	867	2	d_ykey
fickly	18	31	853	2	fickly
hickeys	19	50	822	2	hickeys
hockey	18	48	1315	2	hockey
icker	11	40	1844	2	_icker
icky	13	63	1575	2	_ick_y
jockey	22	40	803	2	jockey
kicked	12	44	1594	2	kicked
kicker	11	41	1618	2	kicker
kicky	13	50	1234	2	kick_y
lackey	15	48	1335	2	lackey
licked	13	46	2156	2	licked
licker	12	52	2204	2	licker
mickeys	18	44	794	2	mickeys
nicked	13	50	1968	2	nicked
nickel	12	38	1134	2	nickel
nicker	12	38	1870	2	nicker
picked	15	44	2131	2	picked
picker	14	44	2217	2	picker
picket	14	49	2431	2	picket
picky	16	54	1694	2	pick_y
pinkey	15	43	1467	2	pinkey
ricked	13	65	2362	2	ricked
rickety	16	47	831	2	rickety
rickeys	16	54	898	2	rickeys
sicked	13	45	2440	2	sicked
sickee	12	46	2222	2	sickee
sicken	12	46	1525	2	sicken
sicker	12	40	2390	2	sicker
sickly	15	31	1048	2	sickly
tackey	15	46	1308	2	tackey
ticked	13	47	2052	2	ticked
ticker	12	43	2150	2	ticker
ticket	12	45	2485	2	ticket
wicked	16	43	1741	2	wicked
wicker	15	45	1867	2	wicker
wicket	15	53	1894	2	wicket

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	86	2.720	30349.6
3	Display Results	86	86	0.016	5375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	86	3.092	57791.4