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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 “kiddo” 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.

29 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
kiddo1139895(None) 
kiddos12416861kiddos
kiddy144910281kiddy
biddy124612692biddy
dido66528202di_do
dildo71911772dildo
eddo63411802_eddo
fido87726402fi_do
giddy115810202giddy
kendo105113222kendo
kid86540622ki_d_
kidded13299392kidded
kidder123811102kidder
kiddie12359392kiddie
kiddoes13387062kiddoes
kids96029642ki_ds
kilo86028672ki_lo
kind96128562kind_
kinds106221822kinds
kino86233622ki_no
kudo96115112k_udo
lido56028162li_do
middy124812592middy
misdo85413182misdo
skiddoo1342552skiddoo
skiddy1533632skiddy
skidoo1136092skidoo
video96014952video
widdy136112182widdy

Search took 5 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800294.18612852.4
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.52839463.6
 
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