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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 “spikelike” 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.

47 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
spikelike1410387(None) 
spinelike1585351spinelike
pinelike14188612_pinelike
pipelike16166692_pipelike
smokelike1443492smokelike
snakelike1244292snakelike
spiderlike1742562spiderlike
apelike13310533ap__elike
cokelike1336813_cokelike
epiclike1644143epi_clike
icelike1337173__icelike
kitelike1135733_kitelike
knifelike1542263knifelike
lakelike1137383_lakelike
lifelike15166223_lifelike
linelike12159003_linelike
piglike14157313_pi_glike
pipeline12149503_pipeline
popelike16177853_popelike
sacklike1337303sack_like
saintlike1344783saintlike
scalelike1545253scalelike
shalelike1645883shalelike
sideline91011093s_ideline
sighlike1635533s_ighlike
silklike1135523s_ilklike
skinlike1134873ski_nlike
skirtlike1243003skirtlike
skylike1336103s__kylike
slatelike1346153slatelike
slitlike1235303sli_tlike
sparlike1437673sp_arlike
spearlike1544143spearlike
sphinxlike2651503sphinxlike
spieling113212523spi_eling
spikelet1446533spikel_et
spikelets1553393spikelets
spinelle1046223spinel_le
springlike1742993springlike
stagelike1445343stagelike
sticklike1444003sticklike
suitlike1236313sui_tlike
tidelike1336743_tidelike
tilelike1237053_tilelike
viselike1536923_viselike
wifelike18135253_wifelike
wirelike15167493_wirelike

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641477.06321045.0
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691477.52923733.7
 
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