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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 “kiddie” 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.

38 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
kiddie1235939(None) 
kiddies133412281kiddies
widdie113410731widdie
baddie104114032baddie
biddies113514492biddies
birdie94013782birdie
caddie104316452caddie
cuddie104011172cuddie
diddle94915212diddle
didie74120562di_die
duddie9348862duddie
fiddle113613382fiddle
giddied11257712giddied
giddier10308722giddier
giddies103713362giddies
indie63721472_indie
kidded13299392kidded
kidder123811102kidder
kidding14389772kidding
kiddish16276582kiddish
kiddo11398952kidd_o
kiddoes13387062kiddoes
kiddos12416862kiddos
kiddy144910282kidd_y
kidlike1137062kidlike
kidvid1535022kidvid
killie104114892killie
kiltie103210962kiltie
kindle114414232kindle
laddie83713172laddie
middies113116152middies
middle103414982middle
piddle103514912piddle
riddle83915712riddle
skiddier1464192skiddier
waddie114013322waddie
widdies123514032widdies
widdle113814842widdle

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551382.32635490.5
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.68566551.6
 
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