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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 “candles” 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.

97 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
candles10442234(None) 
candies104125611candies
candle94321481candle_
candled113815741candled
candler103516591candler
candlers114214101candlers
cantles94721411cantles
caudles103912811caudles
dandles94218531dandles
handles114020651handles
addles84216602_addles
aneles64626292_aneles
angles74426702_angles
ankles104818382_ankles
anoles64827432_anoles
bandies104124862bandies
bangles103617412bangles
bindles104016452bindles
bundles103515772bundles
cables104527552ca_bles
cackles153717202cackles
caddies113718382caddies
cades85440732ca_d_es
cadges104716712ca_dges
cadres94017932ca_dres
cajoles163712102cajoles
canaled103615562canaled
canals84421672canal_s
canapes111213082canapes
cancels114113312cancels
candela1089742candela
candelas1139532candelas
candids113812692candids
candied113816022candied
candors104216762candors
canes75350372can__es
cangues10611822cangues
canines93724032canines
cannels93413362cannels
canoes84725882can_oes
canolas9313992canolas
canoodles1244002canoodles
cantle84522152cantle_
canulas9312852canulas
carles85435082ca_rles
castles94917732castles
caudle93912912caudle_
caules85927252ca_ules
chandler14358372chandler
chandlers15387672chandlers
coddles114213592coddles
condoes104319202condoes
condoles113015802condoles
condyles14277462condyles
cradles103114132cradles
crankles143510152crankles
cuddles114014092cuddles
curdles103814572curdles
daddles104213802daddles
dandies94121442dandies
dandle84218092dandle_
dandled103313542dandled
dandler94414272dandler
dandlers103912052dandlers
dangles93618422dangles
dawdles12379162dawdles
dindles93817242dindles
fondles113512612fondles
handle104219292handle_
handled124114532handled
handler113516162handler
handlers124014142handlers
handless123512062handless
hantles104117512hantles
hondles113614522hondles
jangles154015682jangles
kindles123614842kindles
ladles74619542la_dles
landler84113202landler
landlers94312832landlers
landless94011172landless
mangles104021462mangles
mantles94820702mantles
paddles113515642paddles
padles95221122pa_dles
pandies104224502pandies
raddles93615702raddles
randies84225662randies
rankles113114542rankles
rundles83214712rundles
saddles95415742saddles
sandless93212342sandless
tangles83920042tangles
waddles124314842waddles
wandle105316662wandle_
wangles113416932wangles
windles113518492windles

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671973.48330913.3
3Display Results97970.0332939.4
 (SQL Overall)178691973.93945364.6
 
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