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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 “poodle” 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.

50 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
poodle9311204(None) 
boodle93215031boodle
doodle83212851doodle
noodle73212541noodle
poodles103013511poodles
boodled113410932boodled
boodler103312002boodler
boodles103416042boodles
coddle104713852coddle
doodled10369462doodled
doodler93310152doodler
doodles93614162doodles
fondle104412942fondle
foodie104413842foodie
footle93914382footle
foozle18369202foozle
goodie83613992goodie
goodly11419302goodly
hondle103914522hondle
hoodie105116142hoodie
noddle83211362noddle
noodge8337582noodge
noodled9339922noodled
noodles83513192noodles
oodles73517182_oodles
paddle104615142paddle
padle84522342p_adle
peddle103512822peddle
people10310192people
piddle103514912piddle
pole65951302p_o_le
pood75934322pood__
poods85124752pood_s
pool65835952poo_l_
pooled94619812poo_led
pooler83819842poo_ler
pools74427702poo_ls
poorly1137892poorly
poove104514302poo_ve
popple92710982popple
posole8314222posole
pottle84416102pottle
pozole1758912pozole
prole74527792pro_le
puddle103914152puddle
rootle63214452rootle
toddle85811032toddle
tootle62613812tootle
woodie103513612woodie
yodle94515042_yodle

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551502.56332208.7
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.92261153.7
 
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