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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 “thickens” 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.

27 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
thickens1726641(None) 
chickens19267431chickens
thicken16317871thicken_
thickets17287081thickets
chickees19258512chickees
chicken18278982chicken_
dickens144410132_dickens
hickeys19508222_hickeys
quickens2334252quickens
shickers173012822shickers
sickens134411482_sickens
slickens14317262slickens
thickened1944302thickened
thickener1844162thickener
thickeners1943462thickeners
thicker163611022thicke_r
thickest17337302thickest
thicket163213072thicke_t
thickety20274102thickety
thickness1844442thickness
thicks154511992thick__s
thicksets18263732thicksets
thinkers15308702thinkers
tickers133617722t_ickers
tickets134113682t_ickets
trickers143812812trickers
whickers20297982whickers

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059278.59314088.1
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691279.02919790.8
 
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