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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 “wackiness” 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.

27 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
wackiness183652(None) 
tackiness1557691tackiness
achiness1339702_achiness
balkiness1556902balkiness
cakiness1449552ca_kiness
cockiness17248782cockiness
gawkiness1734752gawkiness
ickiness1436752_ickiness
laciness102112552lac_iness
lankiness1338052lankiness
larkiness1338112larkiness
luckiness1596572luckiness
packness1636932pack_ness
pawkiness1835442pawkiness
pickiness1737622pickiness
raciness102413452rac_iness
rockiness15237832rockiness
swankiness1744252swankiness
talkiness1356912talkiness
wackiest172610272wacki_est
wackinesses2036652wackinesses
wariness11313212wa_riness
washiness1537042washiness
waspiness1435792waspiness
waviness1437722wa_viness
waxiness1836722wa_xiness
yuckiness1874922yuckiness

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436273.54634245.9
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.95245215.3
 
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