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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 “twaddler” 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.

26 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
twaddler1331464(None) 
twaddle12245711twaddle_
twaddled14254621twaddled
twaddlers14343611twaddlers
twaddles13315721twaddles
twiddler13244871twiddler
waddler124010791_waddler
paddler113711552_paddler
saddler93811962_saddler
straddler11205112straddler
swaddle12276742swaddle_
swaddled14254962swaddled
swaddles13296452swaddles
tiddler93110002t_iddler
toddler9379042t_oddler
twangler1244112twangler
twiddle12305482twiddle_
twiddled14284632twiddled
twiddlers14313692twiddlers
twiddles13265612twiddles
twiddlier1441862twiddlier
wadder114215482_wadd_er
waddle114715302_waddle_
waddled133611642_waddled
waddlers13298332_waddlers
waddles124314842_waddles

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059263.17038189.0
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.57649969.5
 
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