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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 “clankiest” 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.

27 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
clankiest153666(None) 
clunkiest1535161clunkiest
crankiest1538821crankiest
lankiest122912491_lankiest
blankest14439062blank_est
cakiest133215662c_a_kiest
canniest10313362c_anniest
chalkiest1837082chalkiest
chanciest1638372chanciest
chinkiest1867022chinkiest
chunkiest1835262chunkiest
clammiest1535732clammiest
clankier14327082clankie_r
classiest11309542classiest
clayiest1337912cla_yiest
cleanliest1244352cleanliest
clingiest1257132clingiest
crankest1438142crank_est
flakiest153210542fla_kiest
lakiest113517262_la_kiest
lankest112714112_lank_est
larkiest123713312_larkiest
plunkiest1535502plunkiest
skankiest12145702skankiest
slangiest10129072slangiest
slinkiest13188072slinkiest
swankiest16136202swankiest

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 Filter1786911214360.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121436273.97030588.4
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691274.12343340.0
 
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