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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 “diddley” 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.

39 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
diddley1338810(None) 
diddle94915211diddle_
diddled114212051diddled
diddler103511511diddler
diddles103915071diddles
diddleys14334631diddleys
diddly12389571diddl_y
daddle94214282daddle_
daddled113810742daddled
daddles104213802daddles
diddlers11359152diddlers
diddlies1137592diddlies
dindle84417222dindle_
dindled104412722dindled
dindles93817242dindles
fiddle113613382fiddle_
fiddled13329632fiddled
fiddler12309952fiddler
fiddles123212602fiddles
fiddly14328482fiddl_y
middle103414982middle_
middled123311902middled
middler112712272middler
middles113415302middles
piddle103514912piddle_
piddled123311252piddled
piddler112911522piddler
piddles114314272piddles
piddly13319142piddl_y
riddle83915712riddle_
riddled103012042riddled
riddler93411262riddler
riddles93215022riddles
ridley10169542ri_dley
tiddler93110002tiddler
tiddly11308782tiddl_y
widdle113814842widdle_
widdled133511232widdled
widdles123514342widdles

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671393.23333303.7
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.64249064.0
 
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