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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 “canoodle” 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.

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
canoodle114418(None) 
caboodle1343551caboodle
canoodled1342801canoodled
canoodles1244001canoodles
caboodles1443282caboodles
candle94321482can__dle
noodle73212542__noodle
acnode938203acn_od_e
anode65021043_an_od_e
anole55330383_an_o_le
boodle93215033__boodle
caboose1138273caboo_se
cajole154011183ca_jo_le
camomile14156323camomile
canaille1048413canaille
candidly1545213candidly
candled113815743can__dled
candler103516593can__dler
candles104422343can__dles
cannoli937263canno_li
canoe75627253can_o__e
canoeable1347103canoeable
canoed94618963canoed__
canola8313623can_o_la
canonise10511093canonise
canonize1959833canonize
canoodling1443583canoodling
canticle1239703canticle
cantle84522153can__tle
canzone1858813canzo_ne
cariole9818343cario_le
cathode1338993cathod_e
caudle93912913ca__udle
cineole91010003cineo_le
coddle104713853c__oddle
condole102914953condo_le
console92715983conso_le
dandle84218093dan__dle
doodle83212853__doodle
handle104219293han__dle
manhole12311343manho_le
noddle83211363__noddle
noodge8337583__noodge
noodled9339923__noodled
noodles83513193__noodles
pantofle1364553pantofle
poodle93112043__poodle
snoozle16305913_snoozle
wandle105316663wan__dle

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162496.95621012.4
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691497.42224075.9
 
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