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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 “geckos” 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.

30 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
geckos1345743(None) 
gecko124511111gecko_
geckoes14325791geckoes
gecks125117091geck_s
beckon14309382beckon
beckons15279142beckons
becks135522012beck_s
buckos143710892buckos
decks124822192deck_s
decos85522122dec_os
dekkos1034102dekkos
echos105216462_echos
fecks145417852feck_s
geck115721992geck__
gecked146911932gecked
geeks104915842geek_s
genros74211332genros
gucks123917302guck_s
hecks145220652heck_s
jockos19527562jockos
kecks105416572keck_s
necks115119332neck_s
pecks135724432peck_s
reckon123010542reckon
reckons13269652reckons
recks115625132reck_s
rectos85718782rectos
seccos1039922seccos
sickos125112032sickos
wackos155210992wackos

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 Filter178691825510.903197885.9
2DLD Change Limit82551305.61014715.0
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691306.51327436.1
 
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