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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 “shacko” 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.

41 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
shacko15381011(None) 
shack145321751shack_
shackos16429021shackos
shacks154817561shacks
shako125516091sha_ko
whacko18477031whacko
hack135134542_hack_
hacks144928712_hacks
sack105337312s_ack_
sacks114228872s_acks
shacked174015392shacked
shackle16409542shackle
shackoes17367852shackoes
shake124726402sha_ke
shakos134912192sha_kos
shaky154616842sha_ky
shank125422192shank_
shanks135315582shanks
shark126225022shark_
sharks135019722sharks
shock144917032shock_
shocks154414582shocks
shuck144314532shuck_
shucks154010412shucks
sicko115315392s_icko
slack115021762slack_
slacks124416532slacks
smack134615452smack_
smacks144112322smacks
snack114718062snack_
snacks124514552snacks
socko115215112s_ocko
stack114421692stack_
stacks124317262stacks
thack144915172thack_
thacks154311922thacks
wacko145514382_wacko
whack174813022whack_
whackos19375262whackos
whacks184610482whacks
whacky21556492whacky

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.28336159.0
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691412.63967711.6
 
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