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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 “wacko” 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.

62 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
wacko14551438(None) 
wack135330911wack_
wacke145918621wacke
wackos155210991wackos
wacks146626281wacks
wacky174714931wacky
whacko18477031whacko
back125535762back_
backs135729622backs
bucko134614022bucko
cacao95420002cacao
gecko124511112gecko
hack135134542hack_
hacks144928712hacks
jack175224862jack_
jacks185219832jacks
jacky215412342jacky
jocko184210452jocko
lack105837682lack_
lacks116129202lacks
macho126120152macho
mack125733652mack_
macks135127602macks
macro94718172macro
mako105622362ma_ko
nacho105414382nacho
pack125535442pack_
packs135528932packs
rack106234882rack_
racks115028852racks
sack105337312sack_
sacks114228872sacks
shacko153810112shacko
sicko115315392sicko
socko115215112socko
tack106536292tack_
tacks115430132tacks
tacky145617442tacky
taco67031352tac_o
wacker154920122wacker
wackes154717712wackes
wahoo112413082wahoo
wake114935702wa_ke
walk115625612walk_
walks126218502walks
wank115632512wank_
wanks126124482wanks
wark115737772wark_
warks127932402warks
wauk115220592wauk_
wauks125515162wauks
wazoo173011172wazoo
whack174813022whack_
whackos19375262whackos
whacks184610482whacks
whacky21556492whacky
wick135726302wick_
wicks144619362wicks
wrack145413882wrack_
wracks154711112wracks
yack135425972yack_
yacks144419812yacks

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800621.43637465.2
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691621.765101241.4
 
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