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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 “needled” 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.

32 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
needled935851(None) 
needed84114441need_ed
needle73310611needle_
needler8388891needler
needles83211561needles
beetled1038212beetled
deeded94615542deed_ed
heeded114215762heed_ed
heeled104018412hee_led
keeled114414272kee_led
kneeled12328072knee_led
meddled123210032meddled
needer73614952need_er
needier84010622needier
needlers9287422needlers
needless9308332needless
nestled8349902nestled
nettled8339942nettled
noddled10358562noddled
noodled9339922noodled
peddled123410542peddled
peeled94119712pee_led
reddled102912322reddled
reeded84022562reed_ed
reeled74725532ree_led
seedbed11246612seedbed
seeded84520462seed_ed
seeled73922092see_led
tweedled1332832tweedled
wedeled1237782wedeled
weeded113914872weed_ed
wheedled1633032wheedled

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit107671324.32624889.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691325.07535210.0
 
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