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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 “silkies” 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.

58 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
silkies11371569(None) 
selkies113513351selkies
sickies133717501sickies
silkie103313401silkie_
silkier114411641silkier
silkiest123212851silkiest
sillies73425081sillies
sulkies114315761sulkies
alkies104518092_alkies
bikies124515162bi_kies
bilbies114712342bilbies
billies93923502billies
birkies133712432birkies
dickies143416342dickies
dillies84122162dillies
dinkies123716032dinkies
fillies103420252fillies
folkies143612252folkies
gillies84120962gillies
hickies163614742hickies
killies113318112killies
kilties113014142kilties
lilies63021412lil_ies
milkier133411162milkier
milkiest142911082milkiest
pinkies133818262pinkies
sallies73227812sallies
salties73725772salties
selkie102811692selkie_
sickees134514212sickees
sickie123715742sickie_
sickles133417542sickles
sicklies14710012sicklies
sikes96236082si_k_es
silages82514442silages
silanes72517162silanes
silexes1438652silexes
silked114314812silk_ed
silken104410852silk_en
silkily14236962silkily
silkiness1337252silkiness
silking123715592silking
silks94620682silk__s
sillier74017592sillier
silliest84017102silliest
siltier73413862siltier
siltiest83515612siltiest
silvics1235562silvics
siskins1159582siskins
sissies73716602sissies
sixties14310972sixties
skies95026842s__kies
stickies142211972stickies
sulkier113811962sulkier
sulkiest124212502sulkiest
sullies74122232sullies
talkies113415732talkies
willies103920152willies

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 Filter1786911076710.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit107671583.10634665.5
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691583.56250165.9
 
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