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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 “slickster” 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.

48 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
slickster154341(None) 
slicksters1643381slicksters
slickener1544042slickener
slicker133314532slick__er
trickster15265702trickster
blister94415313bli__ster
clicker154111883click__er
cricketer1744563cricketer
flichter1664963flic_hter
flicker163610623flick__er
glister84013343gli__ster
huckster1743823_huckster
klister113410643kli__ster
licker125222043_lick__er
lister64527253_li__ster
lockstep1643813_lockstep
picketer16187433_picketer
quickstep2651713quickstep
shicker163914823shick__er
sickener1436603s_ickener
sicker124023903s_ick__er
sicklier1457213s_icklier
sinister838583s_inister
sister64421583s_i__ster
slackener1543933slackener
slacker133915293slack__er
slicer84117603slic___er
slicked144413843slick__ed
slicken13309293slick__en
slickened1644293slickened
slickeners1643663slickeners
slickers143112553slick__ers
slickest14229253slickest__
slicks124816113slicks___
slighter1257823sli_ghter
slimpsier1343023slimpsier
slimsier1085213sli_msier
slinkier12206933slink_ier
slitter73615873sli__tter
snicker133012673snick__er
snickerer15134563snickerer
spinster1036683spi_nster
sticker133515883stick__er
stickier14229763stick_ier
stickler14259573stick_ler
stickseed1683483stickseed
tricksier15275243tricksier
tricksters16264763tricksters

Search took 8 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 Limit148641486.78321913.8
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691487.21924752.9
 
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