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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 “gargoyled” 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.

28 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
gargoyled154199(None) 
gargoyle1342501gargoyle_
gargoyles1442831gargoyles
gargled104210672garg__led
argled85314553_arg__led
argyle1066063_arg_yle_
argyles1136053_arg_yles
carboyed1637183carboy_ed
caroled103717693car_o_led
carolled1138833car_olled
carpooled1445073carpooled
gaggled11359913ga_g_gled
gamboled1435873gambo_led
gambolled1543103gambolled
gaoled84814503ga__o_led
garbled114512803gar__bled
gargle84215463garg__le_
gargler93710263garg__ler
gargles94214893garg__les
garoted9710133gar_o_ted
garotted1066193gar_otted
garroted1056793garro_ted
garrotted1164133garrotted
growled12278173g_r_owled
gurgled10399123gurg__led
jargoned1735233jargo_ned
parboiled1445223parboiled
paroled104217633par_o_led

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.37320160.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.81222873.9
 
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