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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 “skirtlike” 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.

37 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
skirtlike124300(None) 
kiltlike1134242_kiltlike
saintlike1344782saintlike
skinlike1134872ski_nlike
slitlike1235302sli_tlike
suitlike1236312sui_tlike
airlike11310333_air_like
birdlike1535233_birdlike
fairylike1942693fairylike
flintlike1643123flintlike
hairlike1536673hair_like
kidlike1137063_ki_dlike
kinglike1235093_kinglike
kirtle10309473_kirtl__e
kitelike1135733_kitelike
knotlike1144003_knotlike
saltlike1237253s_altlike
serflike1536273s_erflike
sharklike1543933sharklike
sheetlike1644333sheetlike
sighlike1635533s_ighlike
silklike1135523s_ilklike
skirling13249063skir_ling
skirting13289393skirt_ing
skirtless13254423skirtless
skittle1135533skittl__e
skylike1336103sk__ylike
sparlike1437673spar_like
spikelike14103873spikelike
spinelike1585353spinelike
stairlike1344753stair_like
starlike1238813star_like
sticklike1444003sticklike
surflike1535933s_urflike
swordlike1742713swordlike
wartlike1537043_wartlike
wirelike15167493_wirelike

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641376.40623203.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.85826055.8
 
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