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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 “twinkle” 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.

32 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
twinkle146477(None) 
tinkle103714451t_inkle
twinkie1434571twinkie
twinkled1663941twinkled
twinkler1564071twinkler
twinkles1535071twinkles
twinkly1733911twinkly
winkle133812831_winkle
crinkle13359412crinkle
dwindle12415882dwindle
inkle94515832__inkle
swindle11389182swindle
swingle113510562swingle
tickle124616742t_ickle
tingle74319062t_ingle
tinkled123910472t_inkled
tinkler113610542t_inkler
tinkles113713922t_inkles
tinkly134811152t_inkly
trickle133613442trickle
trindle83311362trindle
twangle1145802twangle
twiddle12305482twiddle
twine85822362twin__e
twinge104210402twin_ge
twinkies1535982twinkies
twinklers1633062twinklers
windle104617952_windle
winkled15299592_winkled
winkles143412772_winkles
wintle94014602_wintle
wrinkle14296922wrinkle

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671323.56030244.7
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.98344863.4
 
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