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

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

36 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
chicken1827898(None) 
chickee183111551chickee
chickens19267431chickens
thicken16317871thicken
checked193710022checked
checker18329532checker
chicane1489552chicane
chicer134513602chic_er
chick165419132chick__
chickees19258512chickees
chickened2144622chickened
chickpea2143192chickpea
chicks175317592chick_s
chicle134312542chicle_
chicles143512502chicles
chidden14255222chidden
chinked174011022chinked
chirked173810332chirked
chirker16429322chirker
chirren12388742chirren
chocked194411612chocked
chucked19469732chucked
clicked164112452clicked
clicker154111882clicker
cricked164814282cricked
cricket154716952cricket
crickey18418142crickey
hickey185011992_hickey
quicken2235152quicken
shicker163914822shicker
sicken124615252_sicken
slicken13309292slicken
thickens17266412thickens
thicker163611022thicker
thicket163213072thicket
whicker19359772whicker

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671363.36032044.9
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.51350865.6