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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 “nicks” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

174 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
nicks11492049(None) 
dicks125824691dicks
hicks145322171hicks
kicks104420081kicks
licks115325391licks
micks135525371micks
necks115119331necks
nick106627601nick_
nocks115121011nocks
picks135226141picks
ricks115126131ricks
sicks115127621sicks
snicks124312471snicks
ticks115823291ticks
wicks144619361wicks
anticks134612252anticks
backs135729622backs
becks135522012becks
bices95029962bices
bilks115117892bilks
birks114920302birks
bisks115416802bisks
bocks134526572bocks
bricks144614622bricks
bucks134824292bucks
chicks175317592chicks
clicks145315112clicks
cocks135227162cocks
cricks144316052cricks
decks124822192decks
dices86434242dices
dick116432382dick_
dicky154816242dicky
dinks105927952dinks
dirks105619522dirks
disks105417472disks
docks126022312docks
ducks124823212ducks
fecks145417852fecks
fices106031162fices
ficus105015492ficus
finks125424222finks
flicks154512992flicks
fucks144419252fucks
gecks125117092gecks
ginks104319562ginks
gucks123917302gucks
hacks144928712hacks
hecks145220652hecks
hick135530302hick_
hocks144925492hocks
hoicks15378282hoicks
hucks144322172hucks
ices66129642_ices
ichs96214712_ichs
ick97329322_ick_
icky136315752_icky
ilks87218572_ilks
incus73315052incus
inks86926502_inks
irks86220132_irks
jacks185219832jacks
jinks165019332jinks
jocks185118082jocks
kecks105416572kecks
kick96026072kick_
kicky135012332kicky
kinks84926082kinks
kirks84915262kirks
klicks11468722klicks
knacks11428542knacks
knocks11397442knocks
lacks116129202lacks
lick106935072lick_
links96430192links
locks115126922locks
lucks115723562lucks
macks135127602macks
micas96823052micas
mick126333432mick_
mics87435152mic_s
milks115020582milks
minks115829272minks
mirks115122142mirks
mocks135023822mocks
mucks134622642mucks
narks96026032narks
neck105423662neck_
neuks96510862neuks
nibs65028312ni_bs
nicad8312612nicad
nicads938332nicads
nice65534712nic_e
nicer74618292nicer
nicest82315662nicest
niche105016792niche
niches114419142niches
nicked135019682nicked
nickel123811342nickel
nickels13338652nickels
nicker123818702nicker
nickers134415092nickers
nickle123814482nickle
nickles133713822nickles
nicol71113292nicol
nicols8810242nicols
nides65229132nides
nidus65913572nidus
nieces84112712nieces
nighs95013612nighs
nills54926672nills
nils46132452ni_ls
nims66226882ni_ms
nines55937342nines
nipas77116672nipas
nips65830922ni_ps
nisus56014392nisus
nites55736342nites
nits45741642ni_ts
nixes124519622nixes
nock106127182nock_
nooks95420392nooks
oinks94819912oinks
packs135528932packs
pecks135724432pecks
picas94626522picas
pick125933812pick_
picky165416942picky
pics85633912pic_s
pinks115729382pinks
pocks135022962pocks
pricks144414262pricks
pucks134322102pucks
quicks21389302quicks
racks115028852racks
recks115625132recks
rices75536152rices
rick107334652rick_
rinks94827102rinks
risks94917062risks
rocks114626412rocks
rucks114422052rucks
sacks114228872sacks
sices75637272sices
sick106435572sick_
sicko115315392sicko
sickos125112032sickos
sics65234092sic_s
silks94620682silks
sinks95529182sinks
slicks124816112slicks
snacks124514552snacks
snecks124410032snecks
snick114416012snick_
socks114926082socks
spicks144814992spicks
sticks125118612sticks
sucks114523072sucks
tacks115430132tacks
thicks154511992thicks
tick106231222tick_
tics65729632tic_s
tricks125319012tricks
tucks114721122tucks
unpicks1545182unpicks
vices105725532vices
wacks146626282wacks
wick135726302wick_
winks125325432winks
wricks154610622wricks
yacks144419812yacks
yocks144418372yocks
yoicks15375932yoicks
yucks144717192yucks

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001741.68631909.8
3Display Results1741740.0463782.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911742.04587379.5
 
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