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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 “piddling” 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.

53 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
piddling1320895(None) 
diddling12228741diddling
fiddling14217871fiddling
middling13249341middling
paddling13218641paddling
peddling13217971peddling
pindling122110981pindling
puddling13218031puddling
riddling11249441riddling
widdling14228741widdling
addling10229832_addling
bidding123613512bidd_ing
coddling13258472coddling
cuddling13287652cuddling
daddling12258232daddling
dindling112411162dindling
fuddling14247152fuddling
giddying1533782giddying
girdling1146822girdling
griddling1333932griddling
huddling14227292huddling
idling8912882_i_dling
kidding14389772kidd_ing
kindling14229622kindling
lidding103611432lidd_ing
meddling13257932meddling
middlings14194312middlings
muddling13268592muddling
noddling11237262noddling
padding123412512padd_ing
paddlings14224362paddlings
pedaling122412132pedaling
pickling17239202pickling
piffling1745132piffling
piling95025592pi__ling
pilling103722562pi_lling
podding124113182podd_ing
pudding124010802pudd_ing
puddlings14243792puddlings
raddling11229772raddling
reddling112911812reddling
ridding103314192ridd_ing
ridgling11258202ridgling
ruddling11228552ruddling
saddling11239592saddling
sideling101012182sideling
sidling9915422si_dling
spindling13136272spindling
toddling11187002toddling
twiddling1543082twiddling
waddling14237932waddling
wildling13248082wildling
windling132212262windling

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059533.83031608.1
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691534.25042044.9
 
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