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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 “deckle” 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.

54 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
deckle131201245(None) 
decile94619211decile
deckel134911041deckel
deckles143312801deckles
heckle153112091heckle
keckle11359421keckle
buckle144815192buckle
cackle143416922cackle
cockle143913572cockle
darkle113813942darkle
decade104216162decade
decal85523232decal_
decals93717712decals
decane93818872decane
decare93919152decare
decide104116872decide
deciles104417722deciles
deck115827752deck__
decked145217622decked
deckels14367362deckels
decker135215992decker
decks124822192deck_s
decode104414742decode
decree93117782decree
decuple1285362decuple
defile105216662defile
deke95228762de_k_e
dele56843082de__le
dickie133913112dickie
docile94213122docile
duckie133511662duckie
feckly18335962feckly
fickle153912972fickle
freckle16106642freckle
hackle154916812hackle
heckled17318462heckled
heckler16278572heckler
heckles163711382heckles
huckle153913072huckle
keckled13376502keckled
keckles12318762keckles
mackle143716432mackle
meikle1236652meikle
mickle143715132mickle
muckle143413582muckle
nickle123814482nickle
pickle144215652pickle
rackle123917292rackle
ruckle124414582ruckle
sickle124418322sickle
speckle15297552speckle
suckle124015962suckle
tackle123815732tackle
tickle124616742tickle

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 Limit82551542.17337989.4
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691542.53270573.1
 
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