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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 “dwindle” 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.

29 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
dwindle1241588(None) 
dindle84417221d_indle
dwindled14385021dwindled
dwindles13366021dwindles
swindle11389181swindle
windle104617951_windle
bindle94516262_bindle
brindle104210102brindle
dandle84218092d_andle
diddle94915212d_iddle
dindled104412722d_indled
dindles93817242d_indles
dingle84317072d_ingle
dwine95616142dwin__e
kindle114414232_kindle
spindle103210092spindle
swindled13307622swindled
swindler12257722swindler
swindles12319502swindles
swingle113510562swingle
trindle83311362trindle
twiddle12305482twiddle
twinkle1464772twinkle
wandle105316662_wandle
widdle113814842_widdle
windled123713482_windled
windles113518492_windles
winkle133812832_winkle
wintle94014602_wintle

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 Limit107671293.26632967.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.65548889.5
 
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