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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 “smirks” 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.

71 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
smirks12491012(None) 
mirks115122141_mirks
shirks134814121shirks
smerks12449711smerks
smirk116612751smirk_
smirky15406941smirky
stirks104914241stirks
amirs75924922amir_s
birks114920302_birks
chirks155414842chirks
dirks105619522_dirks
emirs76116162emir_s
irks86220132__irks
kirks84915262_kirks
marks115933482_marks
merks114722402_merks
micks135525372_micks
milks115020582_milks
minks115829272_minks
mires75640882_mires
mirk106729502_mirk_
mirky146315522_mirky
mirs66940572_mir_s
murks114821732_murks
quirks19419112quirks
sarks96632462s_arks
sharks135019722sharks
shires95225572shires
shirk124817842shirk_
shirrs94413172shirrs
shirts94918342shirts
sicks115127622s_icks
silks94620682s_ilks
sinks95529182s_inks
sires55945372s_ires
sirs44338332s_ir_s
skinks94511652skinks
skirls10449822skirls
skirrs10448192skirrs
skirts104111502skirts
slicks124816112slicks
slinks104315152slinks
smacks144112322smacks
smarms105712532smarms
smarts86218002smarts
smeeks12428432smeeks
smerk115412722smerk_
smiles84522292smiles
smirch1356462smirch
smirked14307232smirked
smirker13327422smirker
smirkers14316352smirkers
smites83921922smites
smiths114711022smiths
smocks145710012smocks
snarks104815732snarks
snicks124312472snicks
sparks124616362sparks
spicks144814992spicks
spiks114117472spi_ks
spires84628112spires
spirts85317132spirts
sticks125118612sticks
stinks105616832stinks
stirk95717412stirk_
stirps85011822stirps
stirs55921622stir_s
storks106115952storks
swinks134610652swinks
swirls94010132swirls
umiaks1244952umiaks

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 Limit82551712.51632810.4
3Display Results71710.0302366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691712.88961852.2
 
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