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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 “sulkies” 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.

47 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
sulkies11431576(None) 
selkies113513351selkies
silkies113715691silkies
sulkier113811961sulkier
sulkiest124212501sulkiest
sullies74122231sullies
alkies104518092_alkies
bulkier134111512bulkier
bulkiest143511262bulkiest
bullies94121892bullies
cullies94419962cullies
duckies143613812duckies
folkies143612252folkies
gullies84717312gullies
hulkier14328972hulkier
hulkiest15329712hulkiest
hunkies143214502hunkies
huskies143212082huskies
junkies183711692junkies
luckies133313682luckies
muskies133614672muskies
punkies134216802punkies
sallies73227812sallies
salties73725772salties
selkie102811692selkie_
sickies133717502sickies
silkie103313402silkie_
silkier114411642silkier
silkiest123212852silkiest
sillies73425082sillies
skies95026832s__kies
spunkies14227582spunkies
suckier133613972suckier
suckiest143314112suckiest
suckles134516742suckles
sulfides1238052sulfides
sulfids1137292sulfids
sulfites1139902sulfites
sulked114314702sulk_ed
sulker104015922sulk_er
sulkers113613342sulkers
sulkily14218112sulkily
sulkiness1347352sulkiness
sulking124514312sulking
sulks94818462sulk__s
sullied83714482sullied
talkies113415732talkies

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671473.06335152.1
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691473.45251764.5
 
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