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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 “talcking” 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.

35 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
talcking156708(None) 
tacking144421481ta_cking
talcing103111631talc_ing
talking123815821tal_king
arcking145811962_arcking
backing165523442ba_cking
balking143717352bal_king
blacking174213602blacking
calking144617782cal_king
clacking173313492clacking
flacking184311792flacking
hacking173720612ha_cking
jacking214515262ja_cking
lacking143821542la_cking
packing164420722pa_cking
racking144323662ra_cking
sacking144122702sa_cking
slacking153914132slacking
stacking154215082sta_cking
stalking133512222stal_king
tackling153211122ta_ckling
taking114725952ta__king
talkings13358402tal_kings
tallying12318832tallying
tanking123918792ta_nking
tasking124616322ta_sking
thacking183110042thacking
ticking143218752t_icking
tracking153715462tracking
tricking152714512tricking
trocking153612422trocking
trucking153310162trucking
tucking143415182t_ucking
walking154013302wal_king
yacking174315682ya_cking

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059353.79631891.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.20542494.9
 
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