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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 “meddler” 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.

56 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
meddler1131995(None) 
meddle103312761meddle_
meddled123210031meddled
meddlers12318201meddlers
meddles113213251meddles
middler112712271middler
muddler113411621muddler
peddler113210491peddler
bedder104215792bedd_er
coddler113710832coddler
cuddler113810742cuddler
diddler103511512diddler
fiddler12309952fiddler
heddle114211162heddle_
heddles123311622heddles
huddler12379422huddler
madder103515592madd_er
medaled113411612medaled
medlar93010462me_dlar
medley1298342me_dley
melder93915812meld_er
mender93520792mend_er
mewler113510232me_wler
middle103414982middle_
middled123311902middled
middlers123410192middlers
middles113415302middles
modeler1039292modeler
mudder104413492mudd_er
muddier114110022muddier
muddle103414632muddle_
muddled124111592muddled
muddlers12428812muddlers
muddles112914352muddles
needler8388892needler
paddler113711552paddler
pedaler103410692pedaler
peddle103512822peddle_
peddled123410542peddled
peddlers12298532peddlers
peddlery15224012peddlery
peddles112913702peddles
pedler93614622pe_dler
piddler112911522piddler
puddler112910752puddler
redder83918142redd_er
reddle83815912reddle_
reddled102912322reddled
reddles93315772reddles
riddler93411262riddler
saddler93811962saddler
tedder83312162tedd_er
tiddler93110002tiddler
toddler9379042toddler
waddler124010792waddler
wedder113612302wedd_er

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671562.89037256.4
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691563.26654712.5
 
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