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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 “hickory” 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.

95 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
hickory194390(None) 
chickory2243361chickory
chiccory1742482chiccory
chicory1735992chic_ory
hickey185011992hick_ey
history1339422history
victory15326982victory
bicker144819173bicker_
bickers154316553bickers
bicorn103610103bic_orn
cory96941513__c_ory
dicker134521403dicker_
dickers144117663dickers
dickey165913523dick_ey
dicky154816243dick__y
einkorn1144223einkorn
factory15108343factory
fickly18318533fick_ly
flickery20365103flickery
hacker154822693hacker_
hackers164619043hackers
hackly18298733hack_ly
hackney1935123hackney
hackwork1945113hackwork
hector113312653hector_
hectors123513263hectors
hick135530303hick___
hickeys19508223hickeys
hickie153812473hick_ie
hickies163614743hickies
hickish1936473hickish
hickories1845313hickories
hicks145322173hick__s
hiker125119393hi_ker_
hikers135014353hi_kers
hinky155618753hink__y
hocker155118563hocker_
hockers163915913hockers
hockey184813153hock_ey
ichor1039483_ichor_
ichors11310423_ichors
icker114018443_icker_
ickers123914183_ickers
ickily1535753_ickily
icky136315753_ick__y
ivory1137373_i_vory
kicker114116183kicker_
kickers124013293kickers
kickoff1843013kickoff
kicky135012333kick__y
licker125222043licker_
lickers134118253lickers
lictor83610853lictor_
lictors93212593lictors
mickey174211853mick_ey
mockery18376913mockery
nicker123818703nicker_
nickers134415093nickers
picker144422173picker_
pickers153718093pickers
pickoff2143693pickoff
picky165416943pick__y
pillory12247453pillory
puckery18306263puckery
rectory123512733rectory
rickety16478313rickety
rickey154613973rick_ey
rockery16439253rockery
shicker163914823shicker_
shickers173012823shickers
sickbay1843723sickbay
sicker124023903sicker_
sickerly1734033sickerly
sickly153110483sick_ly
sicko115315393sicko__
sickos125112033sicko_s
sickout1359373sickout
signory11427523signory
snickery17295543snickery
succory1444643succory
thicker163611023thicker_
thickety20274103thickety
thickly19415573thick_ly
ticker124321503ticker_
tickers133617723tickers
trickery17297343trickery
viceroy1544933viceroy
victor113210673victor_
victors123311183victors
whicker19359773whicker_
whickers20297983whickers
whiskery21314553whiskery
wicker154518673wicker_
wickers164114703wickers
wicopy1634033wic_opy

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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027956.31321230.3
3Display Results95950.0303166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691956.76626410.1
 
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