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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 “paddling” 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.

54 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
paddling1321864(None) 
addling10229831_addling
daddling12258231daddling
padding123412511padd_ing
paddlings14224361paddlings
peddling13217971peddling
piddling13208951piddling
puddling13218031puddling
raddling11229771raddling
saddling11239591saddling
waddling14237931waddling
adding93914962_add_ing
caddying16225062caddying
candling122313872candling
coddling13258472coddling
cuddling13287652cuddling
dandling112511732dandling
dawdling14236372dawdling
diddling12228742diddling
fiddling14217872fiddling
fuddling14247152fuddling
gadding113411452gadd_ing
handling132312712handling
huddling14227292huddling
ladling92813392la_dling
madding123711992madd_ing
meddling13257932meddling
middling13249342middling
muddling13268592muddling
noddling11237262noddling
paddings13297012padd_ings
paling93530132pa__ling
palling104024482pa_lling
pandying15217662pandying
paneling111013622paneling
parling103823762pa_rling
paroling113316212paroling
pedaling122412132pedaling
pindling122110982pindling
podding124113182podd_ing
pudding124010802pudd_ing
puddlings14243792puddlings
radding103715002radd_ing
reddling112911812reddling
riddling11249442riddling
ruddling11228552ruddling
sandling102214412sandling
spraddling1542312spraddling
swaddling1543812swaddling
toddling11187002toddling
twaddling1552712twaddling
wadding133711942wadd_ing
waddying17204722waddying
widdling14228742widdling

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059543.65633112.4
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691544.07543850.6
 
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