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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 “stalky” 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.

55 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
stalky1349930(None) 
stalk94518001stalk_
stalks104614551stalks
talky126215681_talky
alky115920342__alky
balky145418242_balky
chalky18468772chalky
otalgy1035352otalgy
sally85129712s_ally
salty85524382s_alty
sarky125521782s_arky
scaly104718722scal_y
shaky154616842sha_ky
shaley123714992shaley
shaly114322862shal_y
silky125315822s_ilky
skanky12476962skanky
snaky125113912sna_ky
snarky134210842snarky
sparky154511522sparky
stably113314122stably
stack114421692stack_
stacks124317262stacks
stagey105915582stagey
staggy115510392staggy
stagy96618892sta_gy
stake95927532sta_ke
stalag7310022stalag
stale55637102stal_e
staled74728102staled
stalely1039212stalely
staler64025822staler
stales65538292stales
stalked123811172stalked
stalker113912252stalker
stalkily1534822stalkily
stall54722352stal_l
stalls64019932stalls
stank95823302stank_
stanks104917702stanks
stark95425622stark_
starkly14277032starkly
starry94911672starry
stay78333722sta__y
sticky154711342sticky
stilly93714092stilly
stinky134611072stinky
stocky15369152stocky
sulky124715362s_ulky
swanky16447972swanky
tacky145617442_tacky
talcky15294722_talcky
talk86230092_talk_
talks94322692_talks
tally84526862_tally

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 Limit82551552.34635188.0
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691552.70266132.9
 
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