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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 “gargle” 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.

70 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
gargle8421546(None) 
argle65421561_argle
gaggle93412621gaggle
garble94118451garble
gargled104210671gargled
gargler93710261gargler
gargles94214891gargles
gurgle83912471gurgle
angle64528872_angle
argled85314552_argled
argles75218482_argles
argue64818442_argue
argyle1066062_argyle
bangle94018952bangle
barge85631022barg_e
bargee94624442bargee
burgle94815862burgle
carle74535702car_le
daggle93711902daggle
dangle84119302dangle
darkle113813942darkle
dartle73714832dartle
eagle64219482ea_gle
farle86929242far_le
gabble113815722gabble
gable85325522ga_ble
gage65936102ga_g_e
gaggled11359912gaggled
gaggles103512592gaggles
gale56347322ga__le
gamble115417182gamble
gangly113911582gangly
gangue81310572gangue
garage8314512garage
garbled114512802garbled
garbler104012562garbler
garbles104016922garbles
garget84327272garget
garglers10418262garglers
gargoyle1342502gargoyle
garigue935582garigue
garote7717952garote
gauge76117902gaug_e
giggle94313512giggle
girdle82110462girdle
goggle94511572goggle
gorge76423892gorg_e
guggle94110432guggle
gurge75419782gurg_e
gurgled10399122gurgled
gurgles94312872gurgles
gurglet94412032gurglet
haggle113511982haggle
jangle144416292jangle
large65325462larg_e
mangle93921322mangle
marble104219102marble
marge85328332marg_e
nargile847652nargile
parge85831852parg_e
parle75836162par_le
parole84425252parole
raggle83712882raggle
sarge65531132sarg_e
tangle74019952tangle
targe65227092targ_e
waggle113612302waggle
wangle103817502wangle
warble113516602warble
warsle93112922warsle

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551702.61031628.7
3Display Results70700.0332121.2
 (SQL Overall)178691702.76664602.7
 
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