Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sickles” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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90 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
sickles	13	34	1754	(None)
mickles	15	34	1500	1	mickles
nickles	13	37	1382	1	nickles
pickles	15	32	1544	1	pickles
sickees	13	45	1421	1	sickees
sickies	13	37	1750	1	sickies
sickle	12	44	1832	1	sickle_
sickled	14	47	1343	1	sickled
sicklies	14	7	1001	1	sicklies
stickles	14	25	1210	1	stickles
suckles	13	45	1674	1	suckles
tickles	13	34	1685	1	tickles
brickles	16	28	1028	2	brickles
buckles	15	34	1609	2	buckles
cackles	15	37	1720	2	cackles
cockles	15	34	1464	2	cockles
deckles	14	33	1280	2	deckles
dickies	14	34	1634	2	dickies
fickle	15	39	1297	2	fickle_
fickler	16	34	842	2	fickler
ficklest	17	26	790	2	ficklest
hackles	16	29	1706	2	hackles
heckles	16	37	1138	2	heckles
hickies	16	36	1474	2	hickies
huckles	16	36	1262	2	huckles
inkles	10	35	1565	2	_inkles
keckles	12	31	876	2	keckles
mackles	15	44	1575	2	mackles
mickle	14	37	1513	2	mickle_
mickler	15	33	1023	2	mickler
micklest	16	21	912	2	micklest
muckles	15	34	1325	2	muckles
nickels	13	33	865	2	nickels
nickle	12	38	1448	2	nickle_
nickled	14	40	1044	2	nickled
pickle	14	42	1565	2	pickle_
pickled	16	40	1188	2	pickled
prickles	16	25	1109	2	prickles
ruckles	13	34	1460	2	ruckles
scales	8	45	2931	2	s_cales
shackles	17	30	1059	2	shackles
sices	7	56	3727	2	sic__es
sickbed	16	39	682	2	sickbed
sickbeds	17	25	421	2	sickbeds
sicked	13	45	2440	2	sick_ed
sickee	12	46	2222	2	sick_ee
sicken	12	46	1525	2	sick_en
sickens	13	44	1148	2	sickens
sicker	12	40	2390	2	sick_er
sickest	13	18	1379	2	sick_est
sickie	12	37	1574	2	sickie_
sicklied	15	4	658	2	sicklied
sicklier	14	5	721	2	sicklier
sickliest	15	4	752	2	sickliest
sickly	15	31	1048	2	sickl_y
sickness	14	3	783	2	sickness
sickos	12	51	1203	2	sick_os
sicks	11	51	2762	2	sick__s
sidles	7	47	2115	2	si_dles
sikes	9	62	3608	2	si_k_es
silkies	11	37	1569	2	silkies
similes	9	29	1523	2	similes
simples	11	30	1494	2	simples
singles	8	35	2043	2	singles
sizzles	15	34	963	2	sizzles
sockless	14	26	779	2	sockless
socles	8	4	1845	2	soc_les
spackles	16	31	995	2	spackles
speckles	16	26	813	2	speckles
spicules	12	21	980	2	spicules
stickies	14	22	1197	2	stickies
stickle	13	24	1097	2	stickle_
stickled	15	29	897	2	stickled
stickler	14	25	957	2	stickler
sticklers	15	22	739	2	sticklers
strickles	15	6	781	2	strickles
suckle	12	40	1596	2	suckle_
suckled	14	42	1251	2	suckled
suckler	13	34	1309	2	suckler
sucklers	14	37	996	2	sucklers
suckless	14	28	882	2	suckless
tackles	13	38	1652	2	tackles
tickle	12	46	1674	2	tickle_
tickled	14	43	1313	2	tickled
tickler	13	36	1265	2	tickler
ticklers	14	33	930	2	ticklers
tinkles	11	37	1392	2	tinkles
trickles	14	30	1376	2	trickles
wickless	17	3	608	2	wickless
winkles	14	34	1277	2	winkles

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	90	3.830	28112.5
3	Display Results	90	90	0.046	1956.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	90	4.282	41730.7