Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stickhandling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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40 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
stickhandling	24	6	71	(None)
stickhandle	21	6	90	3	stickhandl__e
stickhandled	23	6	67	3	stickhandl_ed
stickhandler	22	6	72	3	stickhandl_er
stickhandlers	23	7	66	3	stickhandlers
stickhandles	22	7	77	3	stickhandl_es
backhanding	24	5	376	4	_backhand_ing
mishandling	18	4	333	4	_mi_shandling
stickling	16	4	700	4	stick____ling
stockading	18	4	302	4	stock_a_d_ing
backhauling	23	5	281	5	_backha_uling
ballhandling	19	5	131	5	_ballhandling
candling	12	23	1387	5	___c__andling
handling	13	23	1271	5	_____handling
manhandling	18	5	227	5	__manhandling
outhandling	16	4	346	5	__outhandling
overhandling	20	4	352	5	_overhandling
panhandling	18	5	230	5	__panhandling
prehandling	18	5	342	5	__prehandling
rehandling	15	4	445	5	___rehandling
sandling	10	22	1441	5	s_____andling
scandaling	14	19	545	5	s__c__andaling
scantling	12	10	723	5	s__c__antling
sickening	16	3	599	5	s_ick_en__ing
sickling	15	29	1033	5	s_ick____ling
slickening	17	4	390	5	slick_en__ing
spindling	13	13	627	5	spi____ndling
standing	10	34	1363	5	st____and_ing
sticking	15	35	1346	5	stick_____ing
stockpiling	20	5	156	5	stock__piling
stocktaking	17	8	209	5	stockta__king
straddling	13	4	364	5	st___raddling
stranding	11	4	965	5	st___rand_ing
strandline	11	4	536	5	st___randline
strangling	12	5	640	5	st___rangling
straphanging	19	5	166	5	straphan_ging
strickling	17	4	495	5	strick____ling
swindling	14	13	583	5	swi____ndling
tickling	15	30	943	5	_tick____ling
ticktacking	19	11	246	5	_tickta_cking

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	40	7.750	16101.9
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	8.156	21909.1