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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 “gecko” 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.

42 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
gecko12451111(None) 
geck115721991geck_
geckos13457431geckos
gecks125117091gecks
beck126226572beck_
beckon14309382beckon
becks135522012becks
bucko134614022bucko
deck115827752deck_
decks124822192decks
deco76125972dec_o
dekko936392dekko
echo96615952_echo
feck134923432feck_
fecks145417852fecks
gecked146911932gecked
geckoes14325792geckoes
geek95327022geek_
geeks104915842geeks
geeky134710732geeky
genro64914032genro
gesso649602gesso
guck114922532guck_
gucks123917302gucks
heck135826492heck_
hecks145220652hecks
jocko184210452jocko
keck94920712keck_
kecks105416572kecks
neck105423662neck_
necks115119332necks
peck125730682peck_
pecks135724432pecks
pecky165515092pecky
reck106130562reck_
reckon123010542reckon
recks115625132recks
recto74520802recto
secco9312422secco
sicko115315392sicko
socko115215112socko
wacko145514382wacko

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800421.61033416.1
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691421.92392923.0
 
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