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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 “finickiest” 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.

30 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
finickiest194269(None) 
finnickiest2051391finnickiest
finickier1842622finickie_r
finickiness2052022finickiness
panickiest1843492panickiest
brickiest1737433_brickiest
colickiest1843523colickiest
dickiest153412503__dickiest
dinkiest133812873din__kiest
fanciest133612713fan_c_iest
ficklest17267903f__icklest
finickin1773633finicki__n
finicking1954463finicki_ng
finnickier1951413finnickie_r
finniest113011403fin__niest
flockiest1835643f_lockiest
friskiest1636233f_riskiest
funkiest152810973fun__kiest
hinkiest153311753hin__kiest
ickiest133611043___ickiest
inkiest113415043_in__kiest
kickiest13319673__kickiest
kinkiest113110503kin__kiest
minciest122913103min_c_iest
nitpickiest1961243nitpickiest
pickiest162712593__pickiest
prickiest1748183_prickiest
shtickiest1943283shtickiest
stickiest15229603_stickiest
trickiest1549023_trickiest

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603306.73620873.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.20224811.3
 
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