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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 “befuddle” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
befuddle154210(None) 
befuddled1742001befuddled
befuddles1642021befuddles
bemuddle1442841bemuddle
bemuddled1642312bemuddled
bemuddles1542452bemuddles
buddle104313082b__uddle
fuddle113312102__fuddle
beadle93314683be__adle
becudgel1452163becudgel
befuddling1841853befuddling
begirdle1253203begirdle
beguile1056933begu_ile
bejumble2172773bejumble
bemuzzle2072533bemuzzle
buddles113913073b__uddles
bundle94315573b__undle
cuddle104414533__cuddle
fiddle113613383__fiddle
fuddled13309393__fuddled
fuddles123611933__fuddles
heddle114211163he__ddle
huddle113712993__huddle
meddle103312763me__ddle
muddle103414633__muddle
peddle103512823pe__ddle
puddle103914153__puddle
reddle83815913re__ddle
resaddle10115223resaddle
ruddle83414203__ruddle

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162307.28020077.2
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691307.70023206.6
 
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