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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 “hickies” 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.

58 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
hickies16361474(None) 
dickies143416341dickies
hackies163418241hackies
hickie153812471hickie_
sickies133717501sickies
bikies124515162bi_kies
birkies133712432birkies
chickees19258512chickees
chuckies1937702chuckies
dickie133913112dickie_
dickier143512452dickier
dickiest153412502dickiest
dinkies123716032dinkies
duckies143613812duckies
hackees165014102hackees
hackie154615622hackie_
hackles162917062hackles
hankies143617762hankies
hawkies173311242hawkies
heckles163711382heckles
hickey185011992hick_ey
hickeys19508222hickeys
hickish1936472hickish
hickories1845312hickories
hicks145322172hick__s
hikes125426982hi_k_es
hinkier143610792hinkier
hinkiest153311752hinkiest
hinnies103615102hinnies
hippies142813752hippies
hissies103915822hissies
honkies143015142honkies
hookies144017442hookies
huckles163612622huckles
hunkies143214502hunkies
huskies143212082huskies
ickier12439922_ickier
ickiest133611042_ickiest
jackies202912622jackies
kickier12349052kickier
kickiest13319672kickiest
luckies133313682luckies
mickles153415002mickles
nickles133713822nickles
pickier153912972pickier
pickiest162712592pickiest
pickles153215442pickles
pinkies133818262pinkies
quickies2336772quickies
sickees134514212sickees
sickie123715742sickie_
sickles133417542sickles
sicklies14710012sicklies
silkies113715692silkies
stickies142211972stickies
tickles133416852tickles
vichies15310622vichies
whiskies1835952whiskies

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671583.20333615.7
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691583.59249746.9
 
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