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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 “heckle” 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.

46 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
heckle15311209(None) 
deckle1312012451deckle
hackle154916811hackle
heckled17318461heckled
heckler16278571heckler
heckles163711381heckles
huckle153913071huckle
keckle11359421keckle
buckle144815192buckle
cackle143416922cackle
chuckle1836442chuckle
cockle143913572cockle
decile94619212decile
deckel134911042deckel
deckles143312802deckles
feckly18335962feckly
fickle153912972fickle
freckle16106642freckle
hackee154921832hackee
hackie154615622hackie
hackled173312492hackled
hackler163512352hackler
hackles162917062hackles
hackly18298732hackly
heck135826492heck__
hecklers17357122hecklers
hecks145220652heck_s
heddle114211162heddle
hickie153812472hickie
huckles163612622huckles
keckled13376502keckled
keckles12318762keckles
mackle143716432mackle
meikle1236652meikle
mickle143715132mickle
muckle143413582muckle
nickle123814482nickle
pickle144215652pickle
rackle123917292rackle
ruckle124414582ruckle
shackle16409542shackle
sickle124418322sickle
speckle15297552speckle
suckle124015962suckle
tackle123815732tackle
tickle124616742tickle

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551462.62331472.0
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691462.99959583.5
 
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