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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 “kaiak” 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.

46 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
kaiak831036(None) 
kaiaks937041kaiaks
kayak1138361kayak
arak86929572_arak
haik115526982hai_k
haika125313792haika
kaas86531852ka_as
kabab134814442kabab
kabaka11348502kabaka
kabar114815552kabar
kaif116933942kai_f
kaifs125715652kaifs
kail85131502kai_l
kails95525222kails
kain85334302kai_n
kains96125652kains
kaka76518692kaka_
kakas85117342kakas
kalam11315112kalam
kalian10312162kalian
kalpak11437242kalpak
kamik105011552kamik
kana85928542kana_
kanaka9357522kanaka
kanas95326912kanas
kapa106021302kapa_
kapas116021732kapas
kapok10448782kapok
karat96837602karat
kata85626032kata_
katas95922092katas
kava115819712kava_
kavas125919952kavas
kayaks1236332kayaks
kick96026082k_ick
kink76034412k_ink
kirk76221582k_irk
klick105311442klick
klik74412662kli_k
kulak858822kulak
kyak105213642k_yak
naiad6313402naiad
paik105726802pai_k
raia46638382raia_
raias54631122raias
umiak1137672umiak

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800461.68631909.8
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691461.99989390.2
 
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