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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 “sicklies” 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.

25 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
sicklies1471001(None) 
sickies133717501sick_ies
sickles133417541sickl_es
sicklied1546581sicklied
sicklier1457211sicklier
sickliest1547521sickliest
cicelies1269752cicelies
dickies143416342dick_ies
hickies163614742hick_ies
mickles153415002mickl_es
nickles133713822nickl_es
pickles153215442pickl_es
sickees134514212sick_ees
sickie123715742sick_ie_
sickle124418322sickl_e_
sickled144713432sickl_ed
sicklily1744292sicklily
sickliness1645002sickliness
sickling152910332sickling
silkies113715692silk_ies
sillies73425082si_llies
stickies142211972stick_ies
stickles142512102stickl_es
suckles134516742suckl_es
tickles133416852tickl_es

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059255.09323769.7
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.48532578.1
 
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