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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 “gargoyles” 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.

33 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
gargoyles144283(None) 
gargoyle1342501gargoyle_
gargoyled1541991gargoyled
argyles1136052_arg_yles
gargles94214892garg__les
areoles71016953_areo_les
argles75218483_arg__les
argols74514613_argo_l_s
argosies939523_argosies
argyle1066063_arg_yle_
argylls1143463_arg_ylls
cargoes104415223cargo__es
carioles10817073cario_les
darioles9710693dario_les
gaggles103512593ga_g_gles
garbles104016923gar__bles
garboils1145663garboil_s
gargle84215463garg__le_
gargled104210673garg__led
gargler93710263garg__ler
garglers10418263garg__lers
garotes8614563gar_o_tes
garottes978283gar_ottes
garrotes969363garro_tes
garrottes1065483garrottes
girolles935523gir_olles
groynes1137823g_r_oynes
gurgles94312873gurg__les
jargonels1743153jargonels
narghiles1343543narghiles
nargiles976793narg_iles
paroles95025883par_o_les
varioles11711123vario_les

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit148641338.11018328.1
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.60920756.3
 
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