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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
licking14411828(None) 
clicking173610981clicking
dicking153617611dicking
flicking184110041flicking
kicking133314021kicking
lacking143821541lacking
lickings15298141lickings
liking114319581li_king
linking123818251linking
locking143718151locking
lucking143615831lucking
nicking143516321nicking
picking163418331picking
ricking143920231ricking
sicking143720171sicking
slicking153712591slicking
ticking143218751ticking
wicking173414771wicking

Search took 2 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 Filter178691695830.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit69583181.08064428.7
3Display Results18180.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691181.173152336.7