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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 “girdler” 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.

32 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
girdler922731(None) 
girder84312061gird_er
girdle82110461girdle_
girdled10217451girdled
girdlers10195401girdlers
girdles92210001girdles
birder94915492bird_er
birler85715082bir_ler
bridler103811072bridler
circler1136422circler
curdler103511562curdler
diddler103511512diddler
fiddler12309952fiddler
garbler104012562garbler
gargler93710262gargler
giddier10308722giddier
giggler101029882giggler
gilder84415532gild_er
giller74519732gi_ller
girded93712492gird_ed
girders9379942gird_ers
girlier8289522girlier
gridder10367762gridder
griller84513352griller
hurdler113610002hurdler
idler65015662_i_dler
kindler12309982kindler
middler112712272middler
piddler112911522piddler
riddler93411262riddler
sidler74716962si_dler
tiddler93110002tiddler

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671323.36032044.9
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.75047650.9
 
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