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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 “knocking” 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.

38 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
knocking1424594(None) 
knacking14296711knacking
nocking143615111_nocking
blocking174510572blocking
chocking204011012chocking
clocking174312412clocking
cocking163619982_cocking
crocking174313442crocking
docking153615012_docking
flocking183410872flocking
frocking18309572frocking
hocking173417242_hocking
kecking134111882k_ecking
kicking133314022k_icking
knolling13206892knolling
knotting13236572knotting
knouting13226792knouting
knowing15287682kno_wing
knuckling1542752knuckling
konking113510212k_onking
locking143718152_locking
mocking163614452_mocking
necking143913892_necking
nicking143516322_nicking
pocking163916762_pocking
rocking143619632_rocking
shocking184311542shocking
smocking17349102smocking
snacking153411702snacking
snicking153610232snicking
snooking133010582snooking
socking143518602_socking
stocking152912502stocking
trocking153612422trocking
uncocking1836232uncocking
undocking1735652undocking
unlocking1636072unlocking
yocking173712372_yocking

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059383.67332959.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.09243668.4
 
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