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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 “caddy” 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.

81 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
caddy12541402(None) 
baddy125016021baddy
cadgy125210781cadgy
candy115119821candy
cuddy125111971cuddy
daddy116212561daddy
faddy135511621faddy
paddy125913591paddy
waddy135312991waddy
acidy117214892acidy
add510132362_add_
adds67622452_adds
badly114918762badly
baldy115518932baldy
bandy114824182bandy
bawdy147513282bawdy
biddy124612692biddy
buddy124812632buddy
cabby145314562cabby
cad67456362ca_d_
caddie104316452caddie
caddis104613382caddis
cade76443912ca_de
cades85440732cades
cadet85339342cadet
cadge94018792cadge
cadi75732182ca_di
cadis84428502cadis
cadre85419022cadre
cads76144522ca_ds
cagey115917822cagey
cagy106321992ca_gy
caid77837532caid_
caids85226422caids
cakey145517272cakey
caky136222442ca_ky
campy145116182campy
canny105817692canny
canty105226802canty
card710245872card_
cards85137932cards
carny105822922carny
carry105823782carry
casky144512682casky
catty104520412catty
cavy125920002ca_vy
cay87155982ca__y
cloddy13405232cloddy
cruddy1334192cruddy
cuddly13388412cuddly
curdy115916522curdy
dandy104416702dandy
duddy114911032duddy
eddy93912092_eddy
fuddy135211152fuddy
gaddi85211632gaddi
gaudy106611462gaudy
giddy115810202giddy
handy125520872handy
hardy125622062hardy
kiddy144910282kiddy
lady86527152la_dy
lardy96119272lardy
madly115218132madly
middy124812592middy
muddy123812232muddy
neddy10479872neddy
noddy105411202noddy
pandy115021172pandy
pardy115523952pardy
randy95022082randy
ruddy104511752ruddy
sadly94519122sadly
sandy94221132sandy
soddy104210702soddy
tardy94720462tardy
teddy10489492teddy
toddy106812422toddy
waddly14478722waddly
wady115324992wa_dy
widdy136112182widdy

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800811.70331591.3
3Display Results81810.0136230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691812.02988068.5
 
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