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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 “chickening” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

48 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
chickening224413(None) 
thickening2043281thickening
checkering2244402checkering
chicaning1745162chic_aning
cricketing1944032cricketing
quickening2643162quickening
sickening1635992_sickening
slickening1743902slickening
thickenings2151682thickenings
whickering2343412whickering
bickering1837663_bickering
blackening1944793blackening
chastening1656523chastening
cheapening1883803cheapening
checking20379203check__ing
chicken18278983chicke__n_
chickened2144623chicken_ed
chickens19267433chicke__ns
chining133316843chi___ning
chinking183210893chink__ing
chinning14329653chi__nning
chippering2045163chippering
chirking18339383chirk__ing
chiseling1536403chi_seling
chittering16107183chittering
chocking204011013chock__ing
christening1743403christening
chucking20379503chuck__ing
chuckling2144193chuck_ling
clicking173610983click__ing
clinkering1745233clinkering
cockering1839693c_ockering
cricking173412653crick__ing
crispening1543873crispening
dickering1737463_dickering
flickering2044093flickering
harkening1746923_harkening
lichening1545673_lichening
likening13246893_li_kening
nickeling1645393_nickeling
nickering1636573_nickering
picketing1835683_picketing
pinkening1634993_pinkening
richening1546223_richening
slackening1744343slackening
snickering1744863snickering
ticketing1635633_ticketing
whitening1635103whi_tening

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603486.23322557.8
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691486.67226782.2
 
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