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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 “silkie” 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.

43 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
silkie10331340(None) 
selkie102811691selkie
sickie123715741sickie
silkier114411641silkier
silkies113715691silkies
alkie95520032_alkie
bikie113915882bi_kie
billie85019172billie
birkie124110132birkie
dickie133913112dickie
folkie13369612folkie
gillie74816942gillie
hickie153812472hickie
killie104114892killie
kiltie103210962kiltie
milkier133411162milkier
pinkie124414272pinkie
saltie63422432saltie
selkies113513352selkies
sickee124622222sickee
sickies133717502sickies
sickle124418322sickle
sike87138782si_k_e
silage72715302silage
silane62718052silane
silk85529322silk__
silked114314812silked
silken104410852silken
silkiest123212852silkiest
silkily14236962silkily
silking123715592silking
silklike1135522silklike
silks94620682silk_s
silky125315822silk_y
sillier74017592sillier
sillies73425082sillies
siltier73413862siltier
silvae92811092silvae
siskin1079782siskin
sulkier113811962sulkier
sulkies114315762sulkies
talkie103914442talkie
willie94116452willie

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 Limit82551432.40634310.5
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.76564626.0
 
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