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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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184 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
licker	12	52	2204	(None)
bicker	14	48	1917	1	bicker
clicker	15	41	1188	1	clicker
dicker	13	45	2140	1	dicker
flicker	16	36	1062	1	flicker
icker	11	40	1844	1	_icker
kicker	11	41	1618	1	kicker
lacker	12	53	2562	1	lacker
licked	13	46	2156	1	licked
lickers	13	41	1825	1	lickers
liker	9	56	2706	1	li_ker
linker	10	43	2147	1	linker
locker	12	40	1942	1	locker
nicker	12	38	1870	1	nicker
picker	14	44	2217	1	picker
sicker	12	40	2390	1	sicker
slicker	13	33	1453	1	slicker
ticker	12	43	2150	1	ticker
wicker	15	45	1867	1	wicker
backer	14	45	2552	2	backer
bickers	15	43	1655	2	bickers
biker	11	60	2256	2	bi_ker
bilker	12	49	1344	2	bilker
blacker	15	45	1351	2	blacker
blinker	13	41	1021	2	blinker
blocker	15	41	992	2	blocker
bucker	14	54	2046	2	bucker
clacker	15	38	1377	2	clacker
clicked	16	41	1245	2	clicked
clickers	16	39	1020	2	clickers
clinker	13	38	1166	2	clinker
clocker	15	39	1087	2	clocker
cocker	14	43	2039	2	cocker
dacker	13	49	2075	2	dacker
decker	13	52	1599	2	decker
dicer	8	54	2642	2	dic_er
dicier	9	44	1623	2	dicier
dicked	14	49	2086	2	dicked
dickers	14	41	1766	2	dickers
dickey	16	59	1352	2	dickey
dickier	14	35	1245	2	dickier
diker	10	55	2455	2	di_ker
docker	13	44	1765	2	docker
ducker	13	43	1799	2	ducker
fickler	16	34	842	2	fickler
flicked	17	46	1067	2	flicked
flickers	17	33	888	2	flickers
flickery	20	36	510	2	flickery
fucker	15	34	1442	2	fucker
hacker	15	48	2269	2	hacker
hickey	18	50	1199	2	hickey
hiker	12	51	1939	2	hi_ker
hocker	15	51	1856	2	hocker
icier	7	43	1375	2	_icier
ickers	12	39	1418	2	_ickers
ickier	12	43	992	2	_ickier
inker	9	44	2109	2	_inker
jacker	19	44	1758	2	jacker
jinker	17	40	1354	2	jinker
kicked	12	44	1594	2	kicked
kickers	12	40	1329	2	kickers
kickier	12	34	905	2	kickier
lacer	7	58	3375	2	lac_er
lacier	8	40	2009	2	lacier
lacked	13	53	2465	2	lacked
lackers	13	41	2054	2	lackers
lackey	15	48	1335	2	lackey
laker	9	54	3287	2	l_aker
lanker	10	41	2300	2	lanker
larker	10	45	1924	2	larker
leaker	10	46	2007	2	leaker
lecher	11	34	1585	2	lecher
libber	10	44	1401	2	libber
liber	7	47	2362	2	li_ber
lice	6	60	4506	2	lic_e_
lichee	11	40	1797	2	lichee
lichen	11	40	1274	2	lichen
liches	11	47	2429	2	liches
lick	10	69	3507	2	lick__
licks	11	53	2539	2	lick_s
lictor	8	36	1085	2	lictor
lieder	7	49	1232	2	lieder
liefer	9	52	957	2	liefer
lier	4	59	4246	2	li__er
liever	9	46	1186	2	liever
lifer	8	58	2215	2	li_fer
lifter	9	38	1481	2	lifter
liger	6	50	2447	2	li_ger
like	8	60	4084	2	li_ke_
liked	10	45	2381	2	li_ked
liken	9	118	1884	2	li_ken
likers	10	46	2091	2	li_kers
likes	9	62	3190	2	li_kes
limber	10	43	1679	2	limber
limier	8	35	1872	2	limier
limmer	10	43	1479	2	limmer
limner	8	41	1287	2	limner
limper	10	41	1785	2	limper
liner	5	59	3892	2	li_ner
linger	7	52	2600	2	linger
linier	6	44	2379	2	linier
linked	11	45	1821	2	linked
linkers	11	43	1771	2	linkers
linter	6	46	2534	2	linter
lipper	10	42	1963	2	lipper
lisper	8	41	1443	2	lisper
lister	6	45	2725	2	lister
liter	5	47	3634	2	li_ter
lither	9	45	2095	2	lither
litter	6	43	2485	2	litter
liver	8	51	3296	2	li_ver
livier	9	75	1459	2	livier
livyer	12	42	629	2	livyer
locked	13	49	2166	2	locked
lockers	13	35	1692	2	lockers
locket	12	39	2247	2	locket
looker	10	48	1695	2	looker
lucked	13	51	1802	2	lucked
luckier	13	38	1153	2	luckier
lunker	10	47	1834	2	lunker
lurker	10	36	1329	2	lurker
mickey	17	42	1185	2	mickey
mickler	15	33	1023	2	mickler
milker	12	48	1432	2	milker
mirker	12	37	1269	2	mirker
mocker	14	33	1544	2	mocker
mucker	14	38	1639	2	mucker
necker	12	40	1279	2	necker
nicer	7	46	1829	2	nic_er
nicked	13	50	1968	2	nicked
nickel	12	38	1134	2	nickel
nickers	13	44	1509	2	nickers
ocker	11	39	1575	2	_ocker
packer	14	42	2340	2	packer
pecker	14	46	1536	2	pecker
picked	15	44	2131	2	picked
pickeer	15	37	1011	2	pickeer
pickers	15	37	1809	2	pickers
picket	14	49	2431	2	picket
pickier	15	39	1297	2	pickier
piker	11	56	2284	2	pi_ker
pinker	12	53	2244	2	pinker
plinker	13	40	1096	2	plinker
plucker	15	36	824	2	plucker
pricker	15	40	1341	2	pricker
pucker	14	38	1763	2	pucker
quicker	22	4	702	2	quicker
racker	12	48	2455	2	racker
ricer	7	47	2661	2	ric_er
richer	11	40	1504	2	richer
ricked	13	65	2362	2	ricked
rickey	15	46	1397	2	rickey
risker	10	54	1449	2	risker
rocker	12	43	1957	2	rocker
sacker	12	51	2484	2	sacker
shicker	16	39	1482	2	shicker
sicked	13	45	2440	2	sicked
sickee	12	46	2222	2	sickee
sicken	12	46	1525	2	sicken
siker	9	53	2603	2	si_ker
sinker	10	36	2090	2	sinker
slacker	13	39	1529	2	slacker
slicer	8	41	1760	2	slic_er
slicked	14	44	1384	2	slicked
slicken	13	30	929	2	slicken
slickers	14	31	1255	2	slickers
snicker	13	30	1267	2	snicker
sticker	13	35	1588	2	sticker
sucker	12	41	2066	2	sucker
tacker	12	42	2450	2	tacker
thicker	16	36	1102	2	thicker
ticked	13	47	2052	2	ticked
tickers	13	36	1772	2	tickers
ticket	12	45	2485	2	ticket
tickler	13	36	1265	2	tickler
tinker	10	36	1992	2	tinker
tricker	13	46	1552	2	tricker
tucker	12	43	1695	2	tucker
wacker	15	49	2012	2	wacker
whicker	19	35	977	2	whicker
wicked	16	43	1741	2	wicked
wickers	16	41	1470	2	wickers
wicket	15	53	1894	2	wicket
winker	13	42	2029	2	winker

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	184	2.796	29524.7
3	Display Results	184	184	0.063	2920.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	184	2.985	59863.0