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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 “quickening” 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.

37 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
quickening264316(None) 
chickening2244132chickening
quietening2043612quietening
sickening1635992_sickening
slickening1743902slickening
thickening2043282thickening
bickering1837663_bickering
blackening1944793blackening
bucketing1835713bu_cketing
cricketing1944033cricketing
dickering1737463_dickering
flickering2044093flickering
lichening1545673_lichening
likening13246893_li_kening
nickeling1645393_nickeling
nickering1636573_nickering
picketing1835683_picketing
pinkening1634993_pinkening
puckering1835883pu_ckering
quacking2436743quack__ing
queening1846113qu__eening
quicken2235153quicke__n_
quickened2543163quicken_ed
quickener2443123quicken_er
quickeners2542763quickeners
quickens2334253quicke__ns
quieting18228463qui__eting
quirking22215123quirk__ing
quivering2235873qui_vering
richening1546223_richening
slackening1744343slackening
snickering1744863snickering
suckering1638103su_ckering
thickenings2151683thickenings
ticketing1635633_ticketing
tuckering1635693tu_ckering
whickering2343413whickering

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603375.76624384.8
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691376.20228811.8
 
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