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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 “idol” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

84 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
idol5681864(None) 
diol57329141diol
dol47150651_dol
idols65514131idols
idyl85912311idyl
indol63714871indol
ado49146882ado_
ados57633512ados
aldol61212332aldol
amidol9489572amidol
awol75620672awol
cibol9512022cibol
col59360352_col
cool66940492cool
dal47554952_dal
del46752752_del
dial55935072dial
dido66528212dido_
didos76820822didos
diel59034612diel
dill55239982dill
diols65521012diols
dirl57430032dirl
do310155262_do_
doc66841512_doc
doe47361952_doe
dog57449752_dog
dole56550002_dole
doll56632492_doll
dols56943052_dols
dolt56649422_dolt
dom69752442_dom
don46757652_don
dor47253922_dor
dos48062312_dos
dot47573182_dot
dow76749972_dow
eidola737682eidola
eidos65817762eidos
enol45823822enol
fido87726412fido_
fidos95819062fidos
fool75330592fool
gaol56925412gaol
icon66922042icon
id38941852id__
idea59122782idea
ideal65716392ideal
idem76121072idem
ides57734242ides
idiom899962idiom
idiot6718862idiot
idle55423772idle
idly85617332idly
ids47535482id_s
idyll9436712idyll
idyls9498802idyls
ikon85814962ikon
ill37437102i_ll
indole74516052indole
indols74714202indols
indow95011662indow
ion36051032i_on
iron46728462iron
lido56028172lido_
lidos65219892lidos
mol56654592_mol
mool67533862mool
nicol71113292nicol
nidal65217112nidal
obol65220612obol
odor55718092odor
odyl84111462odyl
pol56449382_pol
pool65835952pool
sol37256622_sol
tidal64516452tidal
tool46735682tool
udo49027312udo_
udon56017742udon
udos56619902udos
viol76523602viol
widow1278942widow
wool76427372wool

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit29872840.87634100.5
3Display Results84840.0302800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691841.202148661.4
 
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