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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 “prickling” 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.

29 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
prickling183653(None) 
pickling17239201p_ickling
pricking173212601prick_ing
trickling1647721trickling
bricking173911402brick_ing
crackling18157002crackling
cricking173412652crick_ing
crinkling16145862crinkling
freckling1934702freckling
nickling15278702_nickling
picking163418332p_ick_ing
pricing123417342pric__ing
prickings18315652prick_ings
pricklier17245062pricklier
prilling113413412pri_lling
princeling1544652princeling
prinking153212452prink_ing
ricking143920232_rick_ing
rockling15259382_rockling
ruckling15258572_ruckling
sickling152910332_sickling
sprinkling1743822sprinkling
stickling1647002stickling
strickling1744952strickling
tickling15309432_tickling
tricking152714512trick_ing
truckling1645072truckling
wricking18349492wrick_ing
wrinkling17144952wrinkling

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436293.42035507.6
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.81046900.5
 
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