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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 “dawdles” 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.

41 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
dawdles1237916(None) 
daddles104213801daddles
dandles94218531dandles
dawdle11399501dawdle_
dawdled13376721dawdled
dawdler12356791dawdler
dawdlers13375671dawdlers
addles84216602_addles
bawdies134613392bawdies
candles104422342candles
caudles103912812caudles
dabbles124514772dabbles
daddies103414942daddies
daddle94214282daddle_
daddled113810742daddled
dadoes85616532da_does
daggles103611912daggles
dales66439742da__les
dalles74222062da_lles
dandies94121442dandies
dandle84218092dandle_
dandled103313542dandled
dandler94414272dandler
dandlers103912052dandlers
dangles93618422dangles
dapples1238992dapples
darkles124011932darkles
dartles84014132dartles
dawties113312702dawties
dazzles1636412dazzles
diddles103915072diddles
dindles93817242dindles
doodles93614162doodles
dowdies123412732dowdies
handles114020652handles
ladles74619542la_dles
paddles113515642paddles
padles95221122pa_dles
raddles93615702raddles
saddles95415742saddles
waddles124314842waddles

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671412.93636672.7
3Display Results41410.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691413.30954001.5
 
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