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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 “lackering” 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.

31 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
lackering163937(None) 
dackering1737381dackering
lackeying1934921lackeying
bickering1837662bickering
blackening1944792blackening
cankering162110792cankering
cockering1839692cockering
daikering1536102daikering
dickering1737462dickering
flickering2044092flickering
hankering17239382hankering
jacketing2345642jacketing
laagering1136832laagering
lacewing1435842lac_ewing
lacking143821542lack__ing
lacquering2243602lacquering
laddering1237592laddering
lagering102212312la_gering
lappering14258842lappering
lathering13912252lathering
laveering1336812laveering
lawyering1655212lawyering
layering122310352la_yering
lechering1538442lechering
nickering1636572nickering
packeting1836852packeting
puckering1835882puckering
racketing1647872racketing
slackening1744342slackening
suckering1638102suckering
tuckering1635692tuckering

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436313.21637760.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.63849117.9
 
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