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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 “chickweed” 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.

42 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
chickweed244316(None) 
chickweeds2542121chickweeds
chickee183111552chick_ee_
chickees19258512chick_ees
chickened2144622chickened
stickweed1983382stickweed
checked193710023check__ed
checkered2144683checkered
chicaned1665873chic_aned
chickadee2163743chickadee
chickadees2272303chickadees
chickaree2074703chickaree
chickarees2163223chickarees
chicken18278983chick__en
chickens19267433chick_ens
chickpea2143193chick_pea
chickpeas2242953chickpeas
chinked174011023chink__ed
chirked173810333chirk__ed
chivareed1843123chivareed
chocked194411613chock__ed
chucked19469733chuck__ed
chuckled2045163chuck_led
clicked164112453click__ed
colicweed1742153colic_weed
cricked164814283crick__ed
cricketed1854683cricketed
duckweed1943023_duckweed
hawkweed2242203_hawkweed
milkweed1843353_milkweed
richweed17163583_richweed
rockweed1843313_rockweed
shickered19115723shickered
silkweed1643223_silkweed
stickseed1683483stickseed
stickweeds2082443stickweeds
stinkweed1762483stinkweed
thickened1944303thickened
thicketed1943613thicketed
thickhead2242693thickhead
tickseed1584513_tickseed
whickered22114033whickered

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641426.01324719.9
3Display Results42420.0331272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691426.48627550.3
 
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