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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 “frolicker” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
frolicker184239(None) 
frolicked1942611frolicked
frolickers1942031frolickers
flicker163610622f__licker
frolicky2042302frolick_y
bootlicker1842473bootlicker
clicker154111883__clicker
colickier1743513_colickier
dropkicker1881283dropkicker
flicked174610673f__licked
flickers17338883f__lickers
flickery20365103f__lickery
foolisher1544223foolisher
footlocker1952203footlocker
fossicker1843023fossicker
frisker14389273fr__isker
frocked17439333fro__cked
froglike1634363frogli_ke_
frolic1149203frolic___
frolicking2042813frolicking
frolics1236833frolic__s
licker125222043___licker
monicker1635733_monicker
policer113112683_polic_er
pricker154013413pr__icker
rocker124319573_ro__cker
rollicked1643033_rollicked
slicker133314533__slicker
tricker134615523tr__icker

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641296.30023593.8
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691296.71926594.9
 
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