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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 “paddy” 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.

87 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
paddy12591359(None) 
baddy125016021baddy
caddy125414021caddy
daddy116212561daddy
faddy135511621faddy
pandy115021171pandy
pardy115523951pardy
waddy135312991waddy
add510132362_add_
adds67622452_adds
badly114918762badly
baldy115518932baldy
bandy114824182bandy
bawdy147513282bawdy
biddy124612692biddy
buddy124812632buddy
cadgy125210782cadgy
candy115119822candy
cuddy125111972cuddy
dandy104416702dandy
duddy114911032duddy
eddy93912092_eddy
fuddy135211152fuddy
gaddi85211632gaddi
gaudy106611462gaudy
giddy115810202giddy
handy125520872handy
hardy125622062hardy
kiddy144910272kiddy
lady86527152la_dy
lardy96119272lardy
madly115218132madly
middy124812592middy
muddy123812232muddy
neddy10479872neddy
noddy105411202noddy
pacey126720282pacey
pacy115328682pa_cy
pad68057322pa_d_
padded114113502padded
padder103415492padder
paddle104615142paddle
padi76331782pa_di
padis86227142padis
padle84522342padle
padre86018162padre
padri85815172padri
pads76742952pa_ds
paid75737482paid_
pally105727122pally
palmy126016732palmy
palsy105417462palsy
paly95835532pa_ly
panda85022612panda
pansy105717972pansy
panty105929302panty
pappy114713802pappy
pard76441322pard_
pardi85723952pardi
pards85634332pards
parody12410092parody
parry105323752parry
party106630612party
pasty105725052pasty
patly105020582patly
patsy105717202patsy
patty104723612patty
paty95234562pa_ty
pawky173810152pawky
pay88461182pa__y
payday1536612payday
perdy115417332perdy
piddly13319142piddly
podgy125610772podgy
puddly13438132puddly
pudgy124911162pudgy
randy95022082randy
ruddy104511752ruddy
sadly94519122sadly
sandy94221132sandy
soddy104210702soddy
tardy94720462tardy
teddy10489492teddy
toddy106812422toddy
waddly14478722waddly
wady115324992wa_dy
widdy136112182widdy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800871.43637465.2
3Display Results87870.0302900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691871.762101413.7
 
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