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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 “hackling” 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.

49 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
hackling18331016(None) 
cackling172610941cackling
hacking173720611hack_ing
heckling18257161heckling
mackling172710061mackling
shackling19286171shackling
tackling153211121tackling
ankling122912062_ankling
backing165523442back_ing
buckling17259112buckling
chuckling2144192chuckling
cockling172310392cockling
crackling18157002crackling
darkling1437482darkling
duckling16247702duckling
hacklier1737132hacklier
haggling14227272haggling
hailing113820692ha_iling
haling104229782ha__ling
handling132312712handling
hanking154619102hank_ing
harking154120942hark_ing
hassling1236802hassling
hatchling1844952hatchling
hauling113714432ha_uling
hawking183711422hawk_ing
hocking173417242hock_ing
jacking214515262jack_ing
keckling14245522keckling
lacking143821542lack_ing
maculing13219582maculing
nickling15278702nickling
packing164420722pack_ing
pickling17239202pickling
racking144323662rack_ing
rankling132610112rankling
rockling15259382rockling
ruckling15258572ruckling
sacking144122702sack_ing
shacking184014082shack_ing
sickling152910332sickling
spackling18266502spackling
suckling152410022suckling
tacking144421482tack_ing
tacklings16235852tacklings
thacking183110042thack_ing
tickling15309432tickling
whacking21377482whack_ing
yacking174315682yack_ing

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059493.72032542.7
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691493.89045936.0
 
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