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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 “chalks” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

105 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
chalks15541214(None) 
calks115421601c_alks
chalk144814601chalk_
chalky18468771chalky
charks155219701charks
balks114926292_balks
bechalks1944792bechalks
calfs104919382c_alfs
calk105527662c_alk_
calls75634732c_alls
calms95222352c_alms
calos74431902c_alos
carks115534212c_arks
casks115720062c_asks
caulks125611862caulks
chablis14368562chablis
chabuks1843732chabuks
chads116122232cha_ds
chafes145017912chafes
chaffs17459612chaffs
chains114819702chains
chairs114916182chairs
chais107530312cha_is
chalah143511662chalah
chalahs15289882chalahs
chaleh143711992chaleh
chalehs15268802chalehs
chalet113825992chalet
chalets122813472chalets
chalked17449862chalked
challa114014192challa
challas124414122challas
challis124613462challis
chally144314292chally
chalot113020132chalot
champs154915682champs
chams126028502cha_ms
changs125215372changs
chants115020392chants
chaos105622862cha_os
chapes135421872chapes
chaps125326062cha_ps
charas114223612charas
chards125119732chards
chares115631802chares
chark144222712chark_
charka154011702charka
charkas164810962charkas
charms135218842charms
charrs115219192charrs
chars105936642cha_rs
charts115823092charts
chases115128232chases
chasms135513142chasms
chats105730092cha_ts
chaws135022462cha_ws
chays135319742cha_ys
checks174912702checks
cheeks154712782cheeks
chelas113817202chelas
chicks175317592chicks
chiles115425302chiles
chilis115517872chilis
chills114717702chills
chinks155817572chinks
chirks155414842chirks
chocks174815312chocks
cholas114818002cholas
cholos114716852cholos
chooks155312792chooks
chucks174812932chucks
chunks154210332chunks
chyles144813282chyles
clacks144516342clacks
clanks124615182clanks
coalas87418962coalas
coals76129602coal_s
cracks144817002cracks
cranks125015312cranks
dhaks13479702dha_ks
dhals95415442dhal_s
hacks144928712_hacks
haiks125120932_haiks
hales85449842_hales
halls85633782_halls
halms105225212_halms
halos85230252_halos
halts85230102_halts
hanks126226862_hanks
harks126333432_harks
hawks155415702_hawks
holks124720562_holks
hulks125715482_hulks
shacks154817562shacks
shales94731252shales
shanks135315582shanks
sharks135019722sharks
stalks104614552stalks
talks94322692_talks
thacks154311922thacks
thanks134313132thanks
walks126218502_walks
whacks184610482whacks
whales124716942whales
whelks16367322whelks

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511052.25036689.3
3Display Results1051050.0303500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911052.62368124.7
 
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