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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 “chuckle” 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.

27 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
chuckle183644(None) 
chuckled2045161chuckled
chuckler1935551chuckler
chuckles1936801chuckles
huckle153913071_huckle
buckle144815192_buckle
cackle143416922c_ackle
chickee183111552chickee
chicle134312542chic_le
chuck164814872chuck__
chucked19469732chucked
chuckhole2352402chuckhole
chuckies1937702chuckies
chucklers2034442chucklers
chucks174812932chuck_s
chucky20418002chuck_y
cockle143913572c_ockle
crackle153611252crackle
hackle154916812_hackle
heckle153112092_heckle
huckles163612622_huckles
knuckle1254232knuckle
muckle143413582_muckle
ruckle124414582_ruckle
shackle16409542shackle
suckle124015962_suckle
truckle13358862truckle

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671273.14334257.4
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691273.51650822.2
 
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