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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 “darkle” 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.

50 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
darkle11381394(None) 
darkie113714011darkie
darkled13378721darkled
darkles124011931darkles
darkly145411071darkly
dartle73714831dartle
ankle95220252_ankle
argle65421562_argle
cackle143416922cackle
carle74535702car_le
dabble114515192dabble
daddle94214282daddle
daggle93711902daggle
dale55643982da__le
dandle84218092dandle
dangle84119302dangle
dankly14419462dankly
dapple1138852dapple
dare55848862dar__e
dariole8711162dariole
dark95133212dark__
darked123919632darked
darken114013442darken
darker114718692darker
darkey145212422darkey
darkies124015752darkies
darklier1335012darklier
darks106727872dark_s
darky136018832dark_y
darnel74312182darnel
dartled9409852dartled
dartles84014132dartles
dawdle11399502dawdle
dazzle1536852dazzle
deckle1312012452deckle
drake104918302drak_e
farle86929242far_le
garble94118452garble
gargle84215462gargle
hackle154916812hackle
mackle143716432mackle
marble104219102marble
parle75836162par_le
parole84425252parole
rackle123917292rackle
rankle103414882rankle
sparkle133710212sparkle
tackle123815732tackle
warble113516602warble
warsle93112922warsle

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551502.72030349.6
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691503.07658092.0
 
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