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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 “ankles” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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81 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
ankles10481838(None) 
aneles64626291aneles
angles74426701angles
ankle95220251ankle_
ankled114313481ankled
anklet105618731anklet
anklets114310411anklets
anoles64827431anoles
inkles103515651inkles
rankles113114541rankles
abeles84719392abeles
ables75935542a_bles
ackees124914582ackees
addles84216602addles
aisles64721142aisles
akees96119242a_kees
ales47067102a__les
alkies104518092alkies
ambles105121862ambles
amoles84122192amoles
anele55628832anele_
aneled74719282aneled
anes45255932an__es
angels74416172angels
angle64528872angle_
angled84219092angled
angler74017862angler
anglers84014822anglers
anglos74413912anglos
anile54634462anile_
anils56326722anil_s
animes84719592animes
anises64826692anises
ankhs12116722ank_hs
ankus91410682ank_us
ankuses1148202ankuses
anlas55626932an_las
anodes74418762anodes
anole55330382anole_
antes56334322an_tes
antler64615552antler
antlers74014742antlers
antres65021002antres
anuses66218772anuses
apples104315762apples
argles75218482argles
arles56735742a_rles
auklet104216832auklet
auklets11298572auklets
axles125219472a_xles
azoles154614612azoles
bangles103617412bangles
cackles153717202cackles
candles104422342candles
cantles94721412cantles
crankles143510152crankles
dandles94218532dandles
dangles93618422dangles
darkles124011932darkles
hackles162917062hackles
handles114020652handles
hankies143617762hankies
hantles104117512hantles
ingles74420872ingles
inkle94515832inkle_
inkless11348712inkless
jangles154015682jangles
mackles154415752mackles
mangles104021462mangles
mantles94820702mantles
rankle103414882rankle_
rankled123910652rankled
rankless12268232rankless
runkles114111942runkles
tackles133816522tackles
tangles83920042tangles
tankless12267822tankless
tinkles113713922tinkles
uncles8317162uncles
wangles113416932wangles
winkles143412772winkles

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551812.61031628.7
3Display Results81810.0332454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691812.98659842.9
 
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