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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 “picnicking” 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.

29 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
picnicking214279(None) 
finicking1954462fi_nicking
panicking1835292p_anicking
clicking173610983__clicking
cricking173412653__cricking
finickin1773633fi_nickin_
finiking16277073fi_ni_king
gimmicking2241983gimmicking
mimicking2043873mi_micking
miskicking1844243miskicking
nicking143516323___nicking
nitpicking1943033nitpicking
physicking25102433physicking
picking163418333p___icking
picnicked2042813picnick_ed
picnicker1942693picnick_er
picnickers2042123picnickers
picnicky2142173picnick__y
pigsticking2152433pigsticking
pinching163711053pi_n_ching
pinioning1246863pi_nioning
pinking143918943pi_n__king
pinnacling1543063pinnacling
pinpricking2252183pinpricking
pricking173212603p__ricking
snicking153610233__snicking
tictacking19113313tictacking
tictocking19112833tictocking
zincking2435463zi_n_cking

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603297.12619731.0
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.54823674.0
 
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