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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 “gargoyle” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
gargoyle134250(None) 
gargoyled1541991gargoyled
gargoyles1442831gargoyles
argyle1066062_arg_yle
gargle84215462garg__le
areole61017283_areo_le
argle65421563_arg__le
argol65317263_argo_l_
argols74514613_argo_ls
argyles1136053_arg_yles
argyll1033643_arg_yll
cariole9818343cario_le
dariole8711163dario_le
gaggle93412623ga_g_gle
garble94118453gar__ble
garboil1036513garboil_
garboils1145663garboils
gargled104210673garg__led
gargler93710263garg__ler
gargles94214893garg__les
garote7717953gar_o_te
garotte868703gar_otte
garrote8510103garro_te
garrotte965683garrotte
girolle835793gir_olle
groyne1037213g_r_oyne
gurgle83912473gurg__le
jargonel1643683jargonel
narghile1244033narghile
nargile847653narg_ile
parole84425253par_o_le
variole10711593vario_le

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162326.75021653.6
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691327.18624866.5
 
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