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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 “riddle” 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.

89 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
riddle8391571(None) 
diddle94915211diddle
fiddle113613381fiddle
griddle1035501griddle
middle103414981middle
piddle103514911piddle
raddle84816171raddle
reddle83815911reddle
riddled103012041riddled
riddler93411261riddler
riddles93215021riddles
ruddle83414201ruddle
widdle113814841widdle
addle74318352_addle
bindle94516262bindle
bridle94115462bri_dle
brindle104210102brindle
buddle104313082buddle
coddle104713852coddle
cuddle104414532cuddle
daddle94214282daddle
diddled114212052diddled
diddler103511512diddler
diddles103915072diddles
diddley13388102diddley
diddly12389572diddly
dindle84417222dindle
fiddled13329632fiddled
fiddler12309952fiddler
fiddles123212602fiddles
fiddly14328482fiddly
fuddle113312102fuddle
girdle82110462girdle
griddled1244202griddled
griddles1145752griddles
heddle114211162heddle
huddle113712992huddle
idle55423762_i_dle
kiddie12359392kiddie
kindle114414232kindle
meddle103312762meddle
middled123311902middled
middler112712272middler
middles113415302middles
muddle103414632muddle
noddle83211362noddle
paddle104615142paddle
peddle103512822peddle
piddled123311252piddled
piddler112911522piddler
piddles114314272piddles
piddly13319142piddly
puddle103914152puddle
raddled103812222raddled
raddles93615702raddles
reddled102912322reddled
reddles93315772reddles
ridable101412492ridable
ridded93615122ridded
ridden83511722ridden
ridder84015142ridder
riddlers10269102riddlers
ride55945132ri_d_e
ridge75018672ri_dge
ridgel8399972ridgel
ridley10169542ri_dley
riffle124210232riffle
rifle85518332ri_fle
rile45650532ri__le
rille55728732ri_lle
rimple103814582rimple
ripple103413912ripple
ruddled103010872ruddled
ruddles92813872ruddles
rundle73214232rundle
saddle83915492saddle
sidle65124032si_dle
tiddler93110002tiddler
tiddly11308782tiddly
toddle85811032toddle
treddle936432treddle
trindle83311362trindle
twiddle12305482twiddle
unriddle1043982unriddle
waddle114715302waddle
widdie113410732widdie
widdled133511232widdled
widdles123514342widdles
windle104617952windle

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551892.61031628.7
3Display Results89890.0302966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691893.00059563.7
 
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