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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 “perkiest” 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.

50 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
perkiest14331324(None) 
jerkiest19328111jerkiest
peakiest143512991peakiest
peckiest162711391peckiest
peskiest142610161peskiest
porkiest143513711porkiest
aeriest73924052aer_iest
barkiest144115152barkiest
beakiest143313462beakiest
corkiest143114792corkiest
dorkiest133111252dorkiest
eeriest73620672eer_iest
ferniest1132214152ferniest
forkiest153812302forkiest
geekiest13257862geekiest
germiest11249912germiest
herbiest1339992herbiest
jerkies183411582jerkies_
larkiest123713312larkiest
leakiest123212792leakiest
merriest10311472merriest
mirkiest142910252mirkiest
murkiest143210262murkiest
nerdiest92511162nerdiest
nerviest11188832nerviest
pawkiest17277882pawkiest
pearliest1139352pearliest
peatiest103118802peatiest
peppiest11278562peppiest
perkier133813122perkie_r
perkiness15209162perkiness
perkish16258822perki_sh
perries93226602perries_
persist9315852persi_st
pertest9317042per_test
pestiest103018412pestiest
pettiest103113962pettiest
pickiest162712592pickiest
pockiest163412052pockiest
pokiest133314912p_okiest
porkies133416492porkies_
porniest103214312porniest
priest84125422p_r_iest
punkiest149312662punkiest
pursiest102812122pursiest
purtiest102414112purtiest
reekiest122711312reekiest
sarkiest123615062sarkiest
sparkiest15188092sparkiest
veriest103719132ver_iest

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059503.46634927.6
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691503.87546113.8
 
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