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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 “fiddles” 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.

80 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
fiddles12321260(None) 
diddles103915071diddles
fiddle113613381fiddle_
fiddled13329631fiddled
fiddler12309951fiddler
fiddlers13328281fiddlers
fuddles123611931fuddles
middles113415301middles
piddles114314271piddles
riddles93215021riddles
widdles123514341widdles
addles84216602_addles
biddies113514492biddies
bindles104016452bindles
buddles113913072buddles
coddles114213592coddles
cuddles114014092cuddles
daddles104213802daddles
diddle94915212diddle_
diddled114212052diddled
diddler103511512diddler
diddlers11359152diddlers
diddley13388102diddley
diddleys14334632diddleys
diddlies1137592diddlies
dindles93817242dindles
fiddly14328482fiddl_y
fidges114114392fi_dges
files85441272fi__les
filles94224522fi_lles
fimbles143510662fimbles
finales104016012finales
fipples14298652fipples
fizzles18339062fizzles
fondles113512612fondles
fuddies123211202fuddies
fuddle113312102fuddle_
fuddled13309392fuddled
giddies103713362giddies
girdles92210002girdles
griddles1145752griddles
heddles123311622heddles
huddles123712572huddles
idles66720122_i_dles
kiddies133412282kiddies
kiddoes13387062kiddoes
kindles123614842kindles
meddles113213252meddles
middies113116152middies
middle103414982middle_
middled123311902middled
middler112712272middler
middlers123410192middlers
muddles112914352muddles
noddles92911292noddles
paddles113515642paddles
peddles112913702peddles
piddle103514912piddle_
piddled123311252piddled
piddler112911522piddler
piddlers12359592piddlers
puddles113613822puddles
raddles93615702raddles
reddles93315772reddles
riddle83915712riddle_
riddled103012042riddled
riddler93411262riddler
riddlers10269102riddlers
ruddles92813872ruddles
saddles95415742saddles
sidles74721152si_dles
tiddler93110002tiddler
tiddlers10288652tiddlers
toddles93211532toddles
twiddles13265612twiddles
waddles124314842waddles
widdies123514032widdies
widdle113814842widdle_
widdled133511232widdled
windles113518492windles

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671802.89037256.4
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691803.28054479.0
 
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