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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 “dandles” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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90 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
dandles9421853(None) 
candles104422341candles
daddles104213801daddles
dandies94121441dandies
dandle84218091dandle_
dandled103313541dandled
dandler94414271dandler
dandlers103912051dandlers
dangles93618421dangles
dawdles12379161dawdles
dindles93817241dindles
handles114020651handles
addles84216602_addles
aneles64626292_aneles
angles74426702_angles
ankles104818382_ankles
anoles64827432_anoles
bandies104124862bandies
bangles103617412bangles
bindles104016452bindles
bundles103515772bundles
candies104125612candies
candle94321482candle_
candled113815742candled
candler103516592candler
candlers114214102candlers
cantles94721412cantles
caudles103912812caudles
dabbles124514772dabbles
daddies103414942daddies
daddle94214282daddle_
daddled113810742daddled
dadoes85616532da_does
daggles103611912daggles
dales66439742da__les
dalles74222062da_lles
dances95120652dan_ces
dander811222992dand_er
danders93921182danders
dandier93714572dandier
dandiest103415032dandiest
dangle84119312dangle_
dangled104013152dangled
dangler96912812dangler
danglers103610592danglers
dapples1238992dapples
darkles124011932darkles
dartles84014132dartles
dawdle11399502dawdle_
dawdled13376722dawdled
dawdler12356792dawdler
dawdlers13375672dawdlers
dazzles1636412dazzles
diddles103915072diddles
dindle84417222dindle_
dindled104412722dindled
dingles93818322dingles
dongles93212872dongles
doodles93614162doodles
dwindles13366022dwindles
fondles113512612fondles
handle104219292handle_
handled124114532handled
handler113516162handler
handlers124014142handlers
handless123512062handless
hantles104117512hantles
hondles113614522hondles
jangles154015682jangles
kindles123614842kindles
ladles74619542la_dles
landler84113202landler
landlers94312832landlers
landless94011172landless
mangles104021462mangles
mantles94820702mantles
paddles113515642paddles
padles95221122pa_dles
pandies104224502pandies
raddles93615702raddles
randies84225662randies
rankles113114552rankles
rundles83214712rundles
saddles95415742saddles
sandless93212342sandless
tangles83920052tangles
waddles124314842waddles
wandle105316662wandle_
wangles113416932wangles
windles113518492windles

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671903.40631612.2
3Display Results90900.0303000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691903.79647073.5
 
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