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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 “lankly” 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.

47 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
lankly1343962(None) 
blankly1634261blankly
dankly14419461dankly
lanely93914481lanely
lankily1437121lankily
lanky125517481lank_y
rankly133910451rankly
ankle95220252_ankle
blackly1835252blackly
blandly1336042blandly
clanky15469072clank_y
crankly16358122crankly
dangly114212262dangly
darkly145411072darkly
dinkly144311082dinkly
frankly17315632frankly
gangly113911582gangly
hackly18298732hackly
hanky155418292hank_y
jangly174310602jangly
lacily11612762lacily
lackey154813352lackey
laky116725822la_k_y
lamely114013222lamely
langley1147452langley
lank84734452lank__
lanker104123002lanker
larky125218872lark_y
lastly93310872lastly
lately93413842lately
laxly15610102la_xly
lazily1859712lazily
leanly93811502lean_ly
linky127622382link_y
lonely92912472lonely
longly10279602longly
manly105022952man_ly
packly17228332packly
pinkly155012242pinkly
rankle103414882rankle
sanely93114612sanely
slackly1635262slackly
slantly10399322slantly
tangly104413912tangly
tinkly134811152tinkly
wanly115118022wan_ly
zanily18310182zanily

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551472.65631080.9
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.03258935.0
 
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