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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 “stickiest” 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
stickiest1522960(None) 
shtickiest1943281shtickiest
stickies142211971stickies_
stinkiest13198461stinkiest
stockiest15207751stockiest
brickiest1737432brickiest
dickiest153412502_dickiest
ickiest133611042__ickiest
kickiest13319672_kickiest
pickiest162712592_pickiest
prickiest1748182prickiest
sickest131813792s_ick_est
sickies133717502s_ickies_
sickliest1547522s_ickliest
silkiest123212852s_ilkiest
slickest14229252slick_est
slinkiest13188082slinkiest
smirkiest1535192smirkiest
spiciest122711612spic_iest
spikiest14259542spi_kiest
stalkiest1347912stalkiest
stickier14229762stickie_r
stickiness1635902stickiness
stickit1339462sticki__t
stickles142512102stickles_
stilliest939222stilliest
stingiest10209772stingiest
stockist14197712stocki_st
suckiest143314112s_uckiest
tackiest143112432_tackiest
trickiest1549022trickiest

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 Limit121436313.53334371.9
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.95245215.3
 
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