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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 “stalks” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

118 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
stalks10461455(None) 
stacks124317261stacks
stales65538291stales
stalk94518001stalk_
stalky13499301stalky
stalls64019931stalls
stanks104917701stanks
talks94322691_talks
balks114926292_balks
bytalks1632712bytalks
calks115421602_calks
chalks155412142chalks
sacks114228872s_acks
sales56055592s_ales
salps74423242s_alps
sals46851672s_al_s
salts55431882s_alts
sarks96632462s_arks
scalds94813692scalds
scales84529312scales
scalls84218202scalls
scalps104315232scalps
sculks123610262sculks
seals54839692seal_s
shacks154817562shacks
shales94731252shales
shanks135315582shanks
sharks135019722sharks
sials54227242sial_s
silks94620682s_ilks
skalds11437832skalds
skanks94710832skanks
skulks9427242skulks
slacks124416532slacks
smacks144112322smacks
smalls84514122smalls
smalts85214892smalts
snacks124514552snacks
snarks104815732snarks
soaks95220292soa_ks
spales84728102spales
spalls84217342spalls
spanks124514122spanks
sparks124616362sparks
stables93219072stables
stabs76221382sta_bs
stack114421692stack_
stades74626242stades
staffs12349752staffs
stages75629492stages
stags66226742sta_gs
staigs75414812staigs
stains64923652stains
stairs65416332stairs
stake95927532sta_ke
stakes103927292stakes
stalag7310022stalag
stalags838642stalags
stale55637102stal_e
staled74728102staled
staler64025822staler
stalest73720172stalest
stalked123811172stalked
stalker113912252stalker
stalkers12369852stalkers
stall54722352stal_l
stamps105614022stamps
stands75118052stands
stanes64933402stanes
stangs75018162stangs
stank95823302stank_
stapes85028732stapes
staphs114411032staphs
staples93617212staples
stares66038752stares
stark95425622stark_
stars55836572sta_rs
starts65423122starts
stases64225562stases
stasis63116872stasis
states64337082states
stats55933362sta_ts
status65515212status
staves94525192staves
stays86022022sta_ys
steaks104415852steaks
steals64020062steal_s
steeks103613702steeks
steles63725662steles
sticks125118612sticks
stiles64328772stiles
stills64118572stills
stilts67915312stilts
stinks105616832stinks
stirks104914242stirks
stocks124715632stocks
stoles63927672stoles
stooks105115372stooks
storks106115952storks
stulls63912982stulls
styles94418652styles
stylus9397462stylus
sulks94818462s_ulks
swales93920762swales
swanks134811562swanks
tacks115430132_tacks
talas55935892_talas
talcs74817182_talcs
tales55451372_tales
talk86230092_talk_
talky126215682_talky
talls55133432_talls
taluks10418282_taluks
talus55423262_talus
tanks94624732_tanks
tasks94917582_tasks
uptalks1333722uptalks
walks126218502_walks

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511182.25036689.3
3Display Results1181180.0333575.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911182.62668046.8
 
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