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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 “widdie” 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.

40 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
widdie11341073(None) 
kiddie12359391kiddie
waddie114013321waddie
widdies123514031widdies
widdle113814841widdle
baddie104114032baddie
biddies113514492biddies
birdie94013782birdie
caddie104316452caddie
cuddie104011172cuddie
diddle94915212diddle
didie74120562di_die
duddie9348862duddie
fiddle113613382fiddle
giddied11257712giddied
giddier10308722giddier
giddies103713362giddies
indie63721472_indie
kiddies133412282kiddies
laddie83713172laddie
middies113116152middies
middle103414982middle
piddle103514912piddle
riddle83915712riddle
twiddle12305482twiddle
waddied13358562waddied
waddies124214752waddies
waddle114715302waddle
wedgie11428372wedgie
weirdie11224062weirdie
widder112913972widder
widdled133511232widdled
widdles123514342widdles
widdy136112182widd_y
wide85235412wi_d_e
wienie9229972wienie
willie94116452willie
windier113412162windier
windle104617952windle
woodie103513612woodie

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551402.51332849.6
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.87362196.7
 
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