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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 “winkle” 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
winkle13381283(None) 
inkle94515831_inkle
tinkle103714451tinkle
twinkle1464771twinkle
windle104617951windle
winkled15299591winkled
winkles143412771winkles
wintle94014601wintle
wrinkle14296921wrinkle
ankle95220252_ankle
bindle94516262bindle
crinkle13359412crinkle
dindle84417222dindle
dingle84317072dingle
dinkly144311082dinkly
dwindle12415882dwindle
fickle153912972fickle
finale94116762finale
ingle64120432_ingle
inkles103515652_inkles
jingle143815222jingle
kindle114414232kindle
mickle143715132mickle
mingle93518782mingle
minke115421762mink_e
nickle123814482nickle
pickle144215652pickle
pinkie124414272pinkie
pinkly155012242pinkly
pinole83218782pinole
pintle83818262pintle
rankle103414882rankle
runkle103611542runkle
sickle124418322sickle
single74520602single
swindle11389182swindle
swingle113510562swingle
tickle124616742tickle
tingle74319062tingle
tinkled123910472tinkled
tinkler113610542tinkler
tinkles113713922tinkles
tinkly134811152tinkly
twinkie1434572twinkie
twinkled1663942twinkled
twinkler1564072twinkler
twinkles1535072twinkles
twinkly1733912twinkly
wandle105316662wandle
wangle103817502wangle
widdle113814842widdle
wiggle113713012wiggle
wile75944372wi__le
wimble133211922wimble
wimple133611362wimple
wince105220882win_ce
windled123713482windled
windles113518492windles
wine74953422win__e
winglet113115982winglet
wink116435022wink__
winked144018602winked
winker134220292winker
winks125325432wink_s
wintled11339842wintled
wintles103414982wintles
winze175014852win_ze
wrinkled16275352wrinkled
wrinkles15296692wrinkles
wrinkly17295752wrinkly

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551702.40634310.5
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691702.79663909.5
 
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