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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 “piddler” 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.

72 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
piddler11291152(None) 
diddler103511511diddler
fiddler12309951fiddler
middler112712271middler
paddler113711551paddler
peddler113210491peddler
piddle103514911piddle_
piddled123311251piddled
piddlers12359591piddlers
piddles114314271piddles
puddler112910751puddler
riddler93411261riddler
tiddler93110001tiddler
bidder104114862bidd_er
coddler113710832coddler
cuddler113810742cuddler
diddle94915212diddle_
diddled114212052diddled
diddlers11359152diddlers
diddles103915072diddles
diddley13388102diddley
fiddle113613382fiddle_
fiddled13329632fiddled
fiddlers13328282fiddlers
fiddles123212602fiddles
giddier10308722giddier
girdler9227312girdler
huddler12379422huddler
idler65015662_i_dler
kidder123811102kidd_er
kindler12309982kindler
meddler11319952meddler
middle103414982middle_
middled123311902middled
middlers123410192middlers
middles113415302middles
muddler113411622muddler
padder103415492padd_er
paddle104615142paddle_
paddled123612022paddled
paddlers12329152paddlers
paddles113515642paddles
pedaler103410692pedaler
peddle103512822peddle_
peddled123410542peddled
peddlers12298532peddlers
peddlery15224012peddlery
peddles112913702peddles
pedler93614622p_edler
piddly13319142piddl_y
pinder94523452pind_er
puddle103914152puddle_
puddled123011192puddled
puddlers12298682puddlers
puddles113613822puddles
puddlier1234212puddlier
ridder84015142ridd_er
riddle83915712riddle_
riddled103012042riddled
riddlers10269102riddlers
riddles93215022riddles
saddler93811962saddler
sidler74716962si_dler
spindler11297982spindler
tiddlers10288652tiddlers
toddler9379042toddler
twiddler13244872twiddler
waddler124010792waddler
widder112913972widd_er
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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671722.95336461.6
3Display Results72720.0135538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691723.32653725.5
 
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