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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 “spikiest” 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.

32 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
spikiest1425953(None) 
spiciest122711601spiciest
spiniest102813221spiniest
spiriest102513451spiriest
pickiest162712592_pickiest
piniest93121132_piniest
pipiest113114492_pipiest
pokiest133314912_pokiest
sarkiest123615062sarkiest
shakiest151910932shakiest
shiniest113212492shiniest
silkiest123212852silkiest
siziest16311472s_iziest
slimiest10310742slimiest
slinkiest13188072slinkiest
smirkiest1535192smirkiest
smokiest1437882smokiest
snakiest122110542snakiest
spaciest122310892spaciest
sparkiest15188092sparkiest
spiffiest17235652spiffiest
spikes124520712spik_es_
spikier13369982spikie_r
spikiness1536312spikiness
spookiest15156392spookiest
spriest92718642sp_riest
spumiest1238202spumiest
spunkiest15166562spunkiest
stickiest15229602stickiest
stinkiest13198462stinkiest
suckiest143314112suckiest
sulkiest124212502sulkiest

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059323.44035191.6
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.82646704.4
 
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