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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 “laddie” 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
laddie8371317(None) 
baddie104114031baddie
caddie104316451caddie
laddies93715051laddies
waddie114013321waddie
addle74318352_addle
baddies114017872baddies
caddice13327732caddice
caddied123710562caddied
caddies113718382caddies
caddis104613382caddis
cuddie104011172cuddie
daddies103414942daddies
daddle94214282daddle
duddie9348862duddie
faddier1237782faddier
gaddi85211632gaddi_
gaddis94211372gaddis
kiddie12359392kiddie
ladder84617622ladder
laddish12299722laddish
lade56345982la_d_e
ladies75124882la_dies
ladle66320442la_dle
lambie103213672lambie
lardier83518342lardier
lassie64917742lassie
lyddite1243332lyddite
paddies113715722paddies
paddle104615142paddle
pardie96021442pardie
raddle84816172raddle
saddle83915492saddle
waddied13358562waddied
waddies124214752waddies
waddle114715302waddle
widdie113410732widdie
zaddik2134242zaddik

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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551382.47033421.5
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.82663231.1
 
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