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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 “piddle” 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.

82 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
piddle10351491(None) 
diddle94915211diddle
fiddle113613381fiddle
middle103414981middle
paddle104615141paddle
peddle103512821peddle
piddled123311251piddled
piddler112911521piddler
piddles114314271piddles
piddly13319141piddly
puddle103914151puddle
riddle83915711riddle
widdle113814841widdle
addle74318352_addle
bindle94516262bindle
buddle104313082buddle
coddle104713852coddle
cuddle104414532cuddle
daddle94214282daddle
diddled114212052diddled
diddler103511512diddler
diddles103915072diddles
diddley13388102diddley
diddly12389572diddly
dindle84417222dindle
fiddled13329632fiddled
fiddler12309952fiddler
fiddles123212602fiddles
fiddly14328482fiddly
fuddle113312102fuddle
girdle82110462girdle
griddle1035502griddle
heddle114211162heddle
huddle113712992huddle
idle55423762_i_dle
kiddie12359392kiddie
kindle114414232kindle
meddle103312762meddle
middled123311902middled
middler112712272middler
middles113415302middles
muddle103414632muddle
noddle83211362noddle
paddled123612022paddled
paddler113711552paddler
paddles113515642paddles
padle84522342p_adle
peddled123410532peddled
peddler113210492peddler
peddles112913702peddles
pickle144215652pickle
piddlers12359592piddlers
piffle14418232piffle
pile65649692pi__le
pilule8411122pilule
pimple123512962pimple
pinole83218782pinole
pintle83818262pintle
pizzle16279492pizzle
poodle93112042poodle
puddled123011192puddled
puddler112910752puddler
puddles113613822puddles
puddly13438132puddly
raddle84816172raddle
reddle83815912reddle
riddled103012042riddled
riddler93411262riddler
riddles93215022riddles
ruddle83414202ruddle
saddle83915492saddle
sidle65124032si_dle
spindle103210092spindle
tiddler93110002tiddler
tiddly11308782tiddly
toddle85811032toddle
twiddle12305482twiddle
waddle114715302waddle
widdie113410732widdie
widdled133511232widdled
widdles123514342widdles
windle104617952windle

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit82551825.29615587.4
3Display Results82820.0461782.6
 (SQL Overall)178691825.57532052.2
 
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