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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 “talkiest” 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.

45 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
talkiest12361122(None) 
balkiest144112451balkiest
stalkiest1347911stalkiest
tackiest143112431tackiest
talkies113415731talkies_
alkies104518092_alkies_
balmiest124110992balmiest
barkiest144115152barkiest
baulkiest1544232baulkiest
bulkiest143511262bulkiest
cakiest133215662ca_kiest
chalkiest1837092chalkiest
flakiest153210552flakiest
folkiest15319502folkiest
gawkiest16327312gawkiest
hulkiest15329712hulkiest
lakiest113517272la_kiest
lankiest122912502lankiest
larkiest123713322larkiest
malmiest123211022malmiest
maltiest102916192maltiest
milkiest142911082milkiest
oakiest112913922oa_kiest
paliest93021612pal_iest
palliest102814642palliest
palmiest123212032palmiest
pawkiest17277892pawkiest
saltiest83117722saltiest
sarkiest123615072sarkiest
silkiest123212852silkiest
sulkiest124212502sulkiest
talkie103914442talkie__
talkier114011842talkie_r
talkiness1356912talkiness
tallest7317092tal_lest
tallies73624602tallies_
tangiest92915222tangiest
tardiest93515242tardiest
tarriest83215002tarriest
tartiest82718312tartiest
tastiest83216632tastiest
tattiest83415382tattiest
tawniest11279342tawniest
wackiest172610272wackiest
yolkiest15286692yolkiest

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059453.70332692.1
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691454.10943487.7
 
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