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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 “twangle” 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.

37 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
twangle114581(None) 
tangle74019971t_angle
twangled1364171twangled
twangler1244111twangler
twangles1245741twangles
wangle103817511_wangle
angle64528882__angle
bangle94018962_bangle
dangle84119312_dangle
jangle144416302_jangle
mangle93921332_mangle
spangle1038402spangle
strangle98411502strangle
swingle113510562swingle
tangled94214642t_angled
tangler83515082t_angler
tangles83920052t_angles
tangly104413932t_angly
tingle74319072t_ingle
triangle935532triangle
twaddle12245712twaddle
twang94511862twang__
twanged12387282twanged
twanger11327442twanger
twangier1254242twangier
twanglers1363432twanglers
twangs10358102twang_s
twangy13386992twang_y
twattle1064272twattle
twinge104210402twing_e
twinkle1464772twinkle
waggle113612302_waggle
wandle105316662_wandle
wangled123312412_wangled
wangler113312652_wangler
wangles113416932_wangles
wrangle1137382wrangle

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671373.40331640.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.82546716.6
 
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