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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 “gargles” 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.

75 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
gargles9421489(None) 
argles75218481_argles
gaggles103512591gaggles
garbles104016921garbles
gargle84215461gargle_
gargled104210671gargled
gargler93710261gargler
garglers10418261garglers
gurgles94312871gurgles
angles74426702_angles
argle65421562_argle_
argled85314552_argled
argues74516412_argues
argyles1136052_argyles
arles56735742_ar_les
bangles103617412bangles
bargees105415872bargees
barges94528252barg_es
burgles105615962burgles
cargoes104415222cargoes
carles85435082car_les
daggles103611912daggles
dangles93618422dangles
darkles124011932darkles
dartles84014132dartles
eagles73819162ea_gles
farles96025782far_les
gabbles124415412gabbles
gables94222332ga_bles
gages74529972ga_g_es
gaggle93412622gaggle_
gaggled11359912gaggled
gales65442482ga__les
gambles124016202gambles
gangues9149752gangues
garages9314112garages
garble94118452garble_
garbled114512802garbled
garbler104012562garbler
garblers113810282garblers
garbless11388252garbless
garget84327272garg_et
gargets94614572gargets
gargoyles1442832gargoyles
garigues1034952garigues
garotes8614562garotes
gauges85915992gaug_es
giggles103312932giggles
girdles92210002girdles
goggles103510792goggles
gorges85321892gorg_es
guggles103410542guggles
gurges84716862gurg_es
gurgle83912472gurgle_
gurgled10399122gurgled
gurglet94412032gurglet
gurglets10355542gurglets
haggles123312482haggles
jangles154015682jangles
larges74824232larg_es
mangles104021462mangles
marbles114516652marbles
marges94525712marg_es
nargiles976792nargiles
parges94529542parg_es
parles86334402par_les
paroles95025882paroles
raggles93813282raggles
sarges75128592sarg_es
tangles83920042tangles
targes74524592targ_es
waggles123812002waggles
wangles113416932wangles
warbles123215562warbles
warsles103413642warsles

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671753.40331640.0
3Display Results75750.0332272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691753.79647073.5
 
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