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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 “piddled” 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.

75 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
piddled12331125(None) 
diddled114212051diddled
fiddled13329631fiddled
middled123311901middled
paddled123612021paddled
peddled123410541peddled
piddle103514911piddle_
piddler112911521piddler
piddles114314271piddles
puddled123011191puddled
riddled103012041riddled
widdled133511231widdled
addled94112522_addled
coddled123410572coddled
cuddled124110762cuddled
daddled113810742daddled
diddle94915212diddle_
diddler103511512diddler
diddles103915072diddles
diddley13388102diddley
dindled104412722dindled
fiddle113613382fiddle_
fiddler12309952fiddler
fiddles123212602fiddles
fuddled13309392fuddled
giddied11257712giddied
girdled10217452girdled
griddled1244202griddled
huddled13349782huddled
idled74915212_i_dled
kidded13299392kidd_ed
kindled133410542kindled
lidded93410242lidd_ed
meddled123210032meddled
middle103414982middle_
middler112712272middler
middles113415302middles
muddled124111592muddled
noddled10358562noddled
padded114113502padd_ed
paddle104615142paddle_
paddler113711552paddler
paddles113515642paddles
pedaled113711892pedaled
peddle103512822peddle_
peddler113210492peddler
peddles112913702peddles
pickled164011882pickled
piddlers12359592piddlers
piddly13319142piddl_y
piffled16366402piffled
piled85232992pi__led
pilled94222752pi_lled
pimpled14289192pimpled
podded115012712podd_ed
puddle103914152puddle_
puddler112910752puddler
puddles113613822puddles
raddled103812222raddled
reddled102912322reddled
ridded93615122ridd_ed
riddle83915712riddle_
riddler93411262riddler
riddles93215022riddles
ruddled103010872ruddled
saddled103112032saddled
sidled84215172si_dled
spindled12287642spindled
tiddler93110002tiddler
toddled10328822toddled
twiddled14284632twiddled
waddled133611642waddled
widdle113814842widdle_
widdles123514342widdles
windled123713482windled

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 Limit107671752.79638508.9
3Display Results75750.0302500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691753.18656086.3
 
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