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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 “knacking” 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.

39 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
knacking1429671(None) 
knocking14245941knocking
snacking153411701snacking
backing165523442_backing
blacking174213602blacking
clacking173313492clacking
cracking174013902cracking
enacting11311362enacting
flacking184311792flacking
hacking173720612_hacking
jacking214515262_jacking
kecking134111882k_ecking
kicking133314022k_icking
knapping17314972knapping
knuckling1542752knuckling
lacking143821542_lacking
narking124015382_narking
necking143913892_necking
nicking143516322_nicking
nocking143615112_nocking
packing164420722_packing
quacking2436742quacking
racking144323662_racking
sacking144122702_sacking
shacking184014082shacking
slacking153914132slacking
smacking173510762smacking
snaking123915302sna_king
snicking153610232snicking
stacking154215082stacking
tacking144421482_tacking
thacking183110042thacking
tracking153715462tracking
uncaking1539462uncaking
unpacking1835132unpacking
untacking1636642untacking
whacking21377482whacking
wracking18349962wracking
yacking174315682_yacking

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059393.58033815.4
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.98344863.4
 
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