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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 “smirky” 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.

36 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
smirky1540694(None) 
mirky146315521_mirky
smirk116612751smirk_
smirks124910121smirks
milky144014442_milky
mirk106729512_mirk_
mirks115122142_mirks
miry96326762_mir_y
murky145216682_murky
quirky22435532quirky
sarky125521782s_arky
shirk124817842shirk_
shirks134814122shirks
shirty124312562shirty
silky125315822s_ilky
slinky13399102slinky
smarmy13629352smarmy
smarty115013792smarty
smerk115412722smerk_
smerks12449712smerks
smiley114012302smiley
smirch1356462smirch
smirked14307232smirked
smirker13327422smirker
smirkily1753332smirkily
smithy14508272smithy
smoky14388682sm_oky
snarky134210842snarky
sparky154511522sparky
spiky146014112spi_ky
spiry105017352spir_y
sticky154711342sticky
stinky134611072stinky
stirk95717412stirk_
stirks104914242stirks
swirly12439252swirly

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.65631080.9
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.03258935.0
 
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