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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsparkliest” 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.

13 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
sparkliest164457(None) 
sparkiest15188091spark_iest
darkliest1435162_darkliest
sarkiest123615062s_ark_iest
snarkiest13207632snark_iest
snarliest91810202snar_liest
spangliest1345152spangliest
sparkles143210492sparkl_es_
sparklet143110592sparkl_e_t
sparklets15275842sparkl_ets
sparklier1554362sparklie_r
sparriest11198782spar_riest
sprawliest1543572sprawliest

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911088240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit108824133.31332847.6
3Display Results13130.016812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691133.45251764.5