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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 “puzzle” 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
puzzle1631860(None) 
guzzle15297911guzzle
muzzle16319391muzzle
nuzzle14298081nuzzle
pizzle16279491pizzle
puzzled18286651puzzled
puzzler17276961puzzler
puzzles17318971puzzles
dazzle1536852dazzle
fizzle17369712fizzle
guzzled17326262guzzled
guzzler16286562guzzler
guzzles16328042guzzles
mizzle16279992mizzle
muzzled18267752muzzled
muzzler17257942muzzler
muzzles17299682muzzles
nozzle14236632nozzle
nuzzled16276392nuzzled
nuzzler15296492nuzzler
nuzzles15298122nuzzles
pizzles17329272pizzles
pozole1758912pozole
puddle103914152puddle
pule65040952pu__le
pungle94413572pungle
purfle112511182purfle
purple102712682purple
puzzlers18295142puzzlers
sizzle14309612sizzle
unpuzzle1842302unpuzzle
zizzle13247312zizzle

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551322.20337472.1
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691322.57969286.9
 
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