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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 “pigsticks” 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.

33 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
pigsticks184396(None) 
pigstick1744931pigstick_
bigstick1744282bigstick_
dipsticks1864212dipsticks
lipsticks1773772lipsticks
pigsticked2052462pigsticked
pigsticker1952222pigsticker
pigstickers2051692pigstickers
pigsties1139782pigsti_es
bitstocks1743293bitstocks
diestocks1644383diestocks
dipstick1775223dipstick_
distichs1447633di_stichs
flagsticks2052363flagsticks
joysticks2542623joysticks
linstocks1544143linstocks
lipstick1684493lipstick_
lobsticks1773553lobsticks
lopsticks1783603lopsticks
miskicks1544763mi_skicks
nightsticks2151753nightsticks
penstocks1743713penstocks
pickwicks2142223pickwicks
pigskins1544253pigski_ns
pigsticking2152433pigsticking
pinpricks1942763pinpricks
pistils93314303pi_sti_ls
plasticky2043593plasticky
plastics122412333plastic_s
politicks17276843politicks
sticks125118613___sticks
tipstocks1743423tipstocks
unsticks1436233_unsticks

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641336.37323323.6
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.81226231.8
 
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