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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 “handle” 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.

80 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
handle10421929(None) 
candle94321481candle
dandle84218091dandle
handled124114531handled
handler113516161handler
handles114020651handles
hantle94318201hantle
hondle103914521hondle
wandle105316661wandle
addle74318352_addle
anele55628832_anele
angle64528872_angle
anile54634462_anile
ankle95220252_ankle
anole55330372_anole
bangle94018952bangle
bindle94516262bindle
bundle94315572bundle
candled113815732candled
candler103516592candler
candles104422342candles
cantle84522152cantle
caudle93912912caudle
chandler14358372chandler
daddle94214282daddle
dandled103313542dandled
dandler94414272dandler
dandles94218532dandles
dangle84119302dangle
dawdle11399502dawdle
dindle84417222dindle
fondle104412942fondle
habile11515212habile
hackle154916812hackle
hade85440192ha_d_e
haggle113511982haggle
hale76052832ha__le
hance105424152han_ce
hand86833702hand__
handax1749582handax
handed114919982handed
hander104526432hander
handier113817442handier
handily143610872handily
handlers124014142handlers
handless123512062handless
handlike1639152handlike
hands95327382hand_s
handsel11308722handsel
handset113016822handset
handy125520872hand_y
hankie133915712hankie
hanse85722792han_se
hansel95214372hansel
hantles104117512hantles
haole84820082ha_ole
hardly135112832hardly
hassle93711592hassle
heddle114211162heddle
hondled123510652hondled
hondles113614522hondles
huddle113712992huddle
hurdle103712792hurdle
jangle144416292jangle
kindle114414232kindle
ladle66320442la_dle
landler84113202landler
mangle93921322mangle
mantle84420922mantle
paddle104615142paddle
padle84522342pa_dle
raddle84816172raddle
rankle103414882rankle
rehandle1246172rehandle
rundle73214232rundle
saddle83915492saddle
tangle74019952tangle
waddle114715302waddle
wangle103817502wangle
windle104617952windle

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551802.87328733.4
3Display Results80800.0332424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691803.01659247.7
 
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