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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 “thicken” 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.

30 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
thicken1631787(None) 
chicken18278981chicken
thickens17266411thickens
thicker163611021thicker
thicket163213071thicket
chickee183111552chickee
chickens19267432chickens
hickey185011992_hickey
quicken2235152quicken
shicker163914822shicker
sicken124615252_sicken
slicken13309292slicken
stricken1436892stricken
thacked173810202thacked
thick145613352thick__
thickened1944302thickened
thickener1844162thickener
thickest17337302thickest
thickets17287082thickets
thickety20274102thickety
thickly19415572thickly
thicks154511992thick_s
thickset17257132thickset
thinker143610682thinker
ticked134720522t_icked
ticker124321502t_icker
ticket124524852t_icket
tricked144016162tricked
tricker134615522tricker
whicker19359772whicker

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671303.31032529.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.71648086.9
 
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