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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 “crankling” 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.

29 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
crankling1614729(None) 
crackling18157001crackling
cranking154613071crank_ing
crinkling16145861crinkling
rankling132610111_rankling
ankling122912062__ankling
brandling1348252brandling
cackling172610942c_ackling
canaling112016412c_analing
candling122313872c_andling
clanking154313062clank_ing
craaling112711352cra_aling
cracking174013902crack_ing
cracklings19143522cracklings
cradling122411452cra_dling
cranching17278732cranching
craning103620302cran__ing
crankpin16103752crankpin_
crankpins17133762crankpins
crawling143110512cra_wling
creneling1247732creneling
franking164310862frank_ing
franklin15104602franklin_
franklins1694762franklins
pranking153813382prank_ing
ranking124320882_rank_ing
runkling13217612_runkling
wrangling1456222wrangling
wrinkling17144952wrinkling

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436293.67033088.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.09243668.4
 
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