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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 “fiddleback” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

31 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
fiddleback235151(None) 
fiddlebacks2451471fiddlebacks
fiddlestick226953fiddlestick
fireback1946953fi__reback
ridgeback1952633ri_dgeback
dieback1646914___dieback
fallback1944554f__allback
feedback2043984feed__back
fiddle113613384fiddle____
fiddled13329634fiddle___d
fiddlehead1951494fiddlehead
fiddleheads2051494fiddleheads
fiddler12309954fiddle___r
fiddlers13328284fiddle__rs
fiddles123212604fiddle___s
fiddlesticks236904fiddlesticks
finback1865824fi___nback
firebacks2046304fi__rebacks
flareback2043184f_lareback
fullback1943854f__ullback
giveback2044074gi__veback
middlebrow195894middlebrow
middleman1542054middlema_n
paddleball1651594paddleball
ridgebacks2052324ri_dgebacks
saddlebag1451754saddleba_g
saddlebags1561654saddlebags
stickleback2061154stickleback
tieback1547104ti___eback
turtleback1852024turtleback
whaleback2343264_whaleback

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911614500.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit161450319.28317392.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691319.74918329.2
 
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