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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 “prickiest” 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.

25 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
prickiest174818(None) 
brickiest1737431brickiest
pickiest162712591p_ickiest
priciest122112901pric_iest
prickliest1845291prickliest
trickiest1549021trickiest
dickiest153412502_dickiest
friskiest1636232friskiest
ickiest133611042__ickiest
kickiest13319672_kickiest
panickiest1843492panickiest
peckiest162711392p_eckiest
pluckiest1735292pluckiest
pockiest163412052p_ockiest
pricket153616442prick_e_t
prickets16329082prick_ets
prickier16368142prickie_r
prickles162511092prickles_
prissiest11178902prissiest
priviest132310312pri_viest
riskiest12310132_riskiest
rockiest142912222_rockiest
stickiest15229602stickiest
trickliest1646432trickliest
tricksiest1644352tricksiest

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436253.64033361.5
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691254.03344307.2
 
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