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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 “prickle” 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.

41 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
prickle15361101(None) 
brickle15279931brickle
pickle144215651p_ickle
prickled17358071prickled
prickles162511091prickles
prickly18367891prickly
trickle133613441trickle
brickles162810282brickles
bricole112810492bricole
crackle153611252crackle
crinkle13359412crinkle
fickle153912972_fickle
freckle16106642freckle
grackle14338892grackle
mickle143715132_mickle
nickle123814482_nickle
pickled164011882p_ickled
pickles153215442p_ickles
price93725412pric__e
pricily142710282pricily
prick134317502prick__
pricked164613832pricked
pricker154013412pricker
pricket153616442pricket
prickier16368142prickier
pricklier17245062pricklier
pricks144414262prick_s
pricky174210342prick_y
rackle123917292_rackle
ruckle124414582_ruckle
sickle124418322_sickle
sprinkle1434892sprinkle
stickle132410972stickle
strickle1467792strickle
tickle124616742_tickle
trickie132611032trickie
trickled152610432trickled
trickles143013762trickles
trickly16369892trickly
truckle13358862truckle
wrinkle14296922wrinkle

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671412.90637051.3
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.29554231.0
 
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