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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 “meddle” 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.

61 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
meddle10331276(None) 
heddle114211161heddle
meddled123210031meddled
meddler11319951meddler
meddles113213251meddles
middle103414981middle
muddle103414631muddle
peddle103512821peddle
reddle83815911reddle
addle74318352_addle
aedile73716652aedile
beadle93314682beadle
buddle104313082buddle
coddle104713852coddle
cuddle104414532cuddle
daddle94214282daddle
diddle94915212diddle
edile64819492_edile
fiddle113613382fiddle
fuddle113312102fuddle
heddles123311622heddles
huddle113712992huddle
measle83513222measle
medal86221332medal_
medaled113411612medaled
medals94218052medals
meddlers12318202meddlers
medfly1535222medfly
mediae94217412mediae
medley1298342me_dley
meikle1236652meikle
merde84320122merd_e
merle75824372me_rle
mettle83815722mettle
middled123311902middled
middler112712272middler
middles113415302middles
module93011032module
muddled124111592muddled
muddler113411622muddler
muddles112914352muddles
muddly13418602muddly
needle73310612needle
noddle83211362noddle
paddle104615142paddle
peddled123410542peddled
peddler113210492peddler
peddles112913702peddles
piddle103514912piddle
puddle103914152puddle
raddle84816172raddle
reddled102912322reddled
reddles93315772reddles
riddle83915712riddle
ruddle83414202ruddle
saddle83915492saddle
sedile73517232sedile
toddle85811032toddle
treddle936432treddle
waddle114715302waddle
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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551612.23336968.7
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691612.60968490.2
 
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