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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 “duckie” 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.

43 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
duckie13351166(None) 
dickie133913111dickie
duckier143911791duckier
duckies143613811duckies
luckie123611411luckie
buckle144815192buckle
darkie113714012darkie
deckle1312012452deckle
dickier143512452dickier
dickies143416342dickies
duce76933502duc__e
duchies133312312duchies
duci76422622duc_i_
duck115929172duck__
ducked144718012ducked
ducker134317992ducker
duckiest153211862duckiest
ducking154315052ducking
duckpin1643462duckpin
ducks124823212duck_s
ducky154216112duck_y
ductile1048482ductile
duddie9348862duddie
duke95628102du_k_e
durrie73713262durrie
duskier12409432duskier
hackie154615622hackie
hickie153812472hickie
huckle153913072huckle
hunkie133812382hunkie
junkie17339602junkie
luckier133811532luckier
luckies133313682luckies
muckier153411482muckier
muckle143413582muckle
muskie123412542muskie
punkie123513612punkie
quickie2235512quickie
ruckle124414582ruckle
sickie123715742sickie
suckier133613972suckier
suckle124015962suckle
yuckier16358532yuckier

Search took 3 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 Limit82551432.20337472.1
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.57969286.9
 
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