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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 “heckles” 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.

47 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
heckles16371138(None) 
deckles143312801deckles
hackles162917061hackles
heckle153112091heckle_
heckled17318461heckled
heckler16278571heckler
hecklers17357121hecklers
huckles163612621huckles
keckles12318761keckles
buckles153416092buckles
cackles153717202cackles
checkless2044232checkless
chuckles1936802chuckles
cockles153414642cockles
deciles104417722deciles
deckels14367362deckels
deckle1312012452deckle_
feckless17225782feckless
freckles17126382freckles
geckoes14325792geckoes
hackees165014102hackees
hackies163418242hackies
hackle154916812hackle_
hackled173312492hackled
hackler163512352hackler
hacklers173710302hacklers
hecks145220652heck__s
heddles123311622heddles
hercules1337632hercules
hickies163614742hickies
huckle153913072huckle_
keckle11359422keckle_
keckled13376502keckled
mackles154415752mackles
mickles153415002mickles
muckles153413252muckles
neckless14236432neckless
nickles133713822nickles
pickles153215442pickles
reckless14257972reckless
ruckles133414602ruckles
shackles173010592shackles
sickles133417542sickles
speckles16268132speckles
suckles134516742suckles
tackles133816522tackles
tickles133416852tickles

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671473.11034620.9
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691473.54650392.3
 
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