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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 “duckling” 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.

45 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
duckling1624770(None) 
buckling17259111buckling
ducking154315051duck_ing
ducklings17204011ducklings
ruckling15258571ruckling
suckling152410021suckling
bucking163617572buck_ing
cackling172610942cackling
chuckling2144192chuckling
cockling172310392cockling
darkling1437482darkling
decking153915592deck_ing
dicking153617612dick_ing
docking153615012dock_ing
duckpin1643462duckpin_
duckpins1743692duckpins
ducting113713592duc_ting
dueling93614542du_eling
duelling103410732duelling
duking124715132du_k_ing
dulling93418272du_lling
dumpling14217892dumpling
dunking133813262dunk_ing
dusking133912052dusk_ing
fucking173212282fuck_ing
hackling183310162hackling
heckling18257162heckling
keckling14245522keckling
knuckling1542752knuckling
lucking143615832luck_ing
mackling172710062mackling
mucking163213822muck_ing
nickling15278702nickling
pickling17239202pickling
rockling15259382rockling
rucking143216672ruck_ing
runkling13217612runkling
sickling152910332sickling
sucking143217412suck_ing
sucklings16225112sucklings
tackling153211122tackling
tickling15309432tickling
truckling1645072truckling
tucking143415182tuck_ing
yucking173211692yuck_ing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059453.76632145.2
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691454.18542698.0
 
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