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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 “tangle” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

110 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
tangle7401997(None) 
angle64528881_angle
bangle94018961bangle
dangle84119311dangle
jangle144416301jangle
mangle93921331mangle
tangled94214641tangled
tangler83515081tangler
tangles83920051tangles
tangly104413931tangly
tingle74319071tingle
twangle1145811twangle
wangle103817511wangle
anele55628832_anele
angel65019572_angel
angled84219092_angled
angler74017862_angler
angles74426702_angles
anglo65215382_anglo
anile54634462_anile
ankle95220252_ankle
anole55330382_anole
argle65421562_argle
atingle848252atingle
bangles103617412bangles
bungle97116112bungle
candle94321482candle
cangue91012452cangue
cantle84522152cantle
daggle93711902daggle
dandle84218092dandle
dangled104013152dangled
dangler96912812dangler
dangles93618422dangles
dangly114212272dangly
dingle84317072dingle
dongle83612492dongle
eagle64219482ea_gle
entangle966252entangle
gaggle93412622gaggle
gangly113911592gangly
gangue81310582gangue
gargle84215462gargle
haggle113511982haggle
handle104219292handle
hantle94318202hantle
ingle64120432_ingle
jangled164111562jangled
jangler153811832jangler
jangles154015682jangles
jangly174310612jangly
jingle143815222jingle
jungle144012652jungle
langley1147452langley
langue71012182langue
mange84930202mang_e
mangel94017542mangel
mangled113615262mangled
mangler103215642mangler
mangles104021462mangles
mantle84420922mantle
mingle93518782mingle
octangle1143832octangle
pungle94413572pungle
raggle83712882raggle
range64728422rang_e
rankle103414882rankle
single74520602single
spangle1038402spangle
strangle98411502strangle
table75429602ta_ble
tackle123815732tackle
taille63116922taille
tale46154162ta__le
tamale83717402tamale
tang56138692tang__
tanga64923712tang_a
tanged84622512tanged
tangelo837042tangelo
tangible1145602tangible
tangier83013912tangier
tanglers92911972tanglers
tanglier948072tanglier
tango66921192tang_o
tangoed9318842tangoed
tangos74216322tangos
tangs65028362tang_s
tangy94519952tang_y
targe65227102targ_e
tattle64115652tattle
tenge65720452teng_e
tinge64626632ting_e
tingled93712802tingled
tingler83613342tingler
tingles83818322tingles
tingly103815982tingly
tinkle103714452tinkle
toggle83810872toggle
tongue7410102tongue
triangle935532triangle
twangled1364172twangled
twangler1244112twangler
twangles1245742twangles
untangle966322untangle
waggle113612302waggle
wandle105316662wandle
wangled123312412wangled
wangler113312652wangler
wangles113416932wangles
wrangle1137382wrangle

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit825511102.62331472.0
3Display Results1101100.0333333.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911103.01659247.7
 
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