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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 “crankle” 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.

38 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
crankle13361006(None) 
crackle153611251crackle
crankled15408151crankled
crankles143510151crankles
crankly16358121crankly
crinkle13359411crinkle
rankle103414881_rankle
ankle95220252__ankle
cackle143416922c_ackle
candle94321482c_andle
cantle84522152c_antle
crackled17428862crackled
crackles164111272crackles
crackly18397702crackly
cradle93313162cra_dle
crake114823522cra_k_e
crane75331602cran__e
crank114819612crank__
cranked143812842cranked
cranker133612792cranker
crankier14339162crankier
crankily1755622crankily
cranks125015312crank_s
cranky153910632crank_y
cringle103010352cringle
crinkled15357152crinkled
crinkles14269162crinkles
crinkly16387522crinkly
frankly17315632frankly
grackle14338892grackle
granule839472granule
rackle123917292_rackle
rankled123910652_rankled
rankles113114542_rankles
rankly133910452_rankly
runkle103611542_runkle
wrangle1137382wrangle
wrinkle14296922wrinkle

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671383.61029825.8
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691384.01344528.0
 
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