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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 “riddler” 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.

79 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
riddler9341126(None) 
diddler103511511diddler
fiddler12309951fiddler
middler112712271middler
piddler112911521piddler
ridder84015141ridd_er
riddle83915711riddle_
riddled103012041riddled
riddlers10269101riddlers
riddles93215021riddles
tiddler93110001tiddler
bidder104114862bidd_er
bridler103811072bri_dler
coddler113710832coddler
cuddler113810742cuddler
diddle94915212diddle_
diddled114212052diddled
diddlers11359152diddlers
diddles103915072diddles
diddley13388102diddley
fiddle113613382fiddle_
fiddled13329632fiddled
fiddlers13328282fiddlers
fiddles123212602fiddles
giddier10308722giddier
girdler9227312girdler
gridder10367762gridd_er
griddle1035502griddle_
griddled1244202griddled
griddles1145752griddles
huddler12379422huddler
idler65015662_i_dler
kidder123811102kidd_er
kindler12309982kindler
meddler11319952meddler
middle103414982middle_
middled123311902middled
middlers123410192middlers
middles113415302middles
muddler113411622muddler
paddler113711552paddler
peddler113210492peddler
piddle103514912piddle_
piddled123311252piddled
piddlers12359592piddlers
piddles114314272piddles
puddler112910752puddler
raddle84816172raddle_
raddled103812222raddled
raddles93615702raddles
redder83918142redd_er
reddle83815912reddle_
reddled102912322reddled
reddles93315772reddles
ridded93615122ridd_ed
ridden83511722ridd_en
ridders93612492ridd_ers
rider65231302ri_d_er
ridgier937882ridgier
ridley10169542ri_dley
riffler13328352riffler
rifler94014262ri_fler
rippler113210102rippler
rudder83812802rudd_er
ruddier9338522ruddier
ruddle83414202ruddle_
ruddled103010872ruddled
ruddles92813872ruddles
saddler93811962saddler
sidler74716962si_dler
tiddlers10288652tiddlers
toddler9379042toddler
twiddler13244872twiddler
unriddler1142782unriddler
waddler124010792waddler
widder112913972widd_er
widdle113814842widdle_
widdled133511232widdled
widdles123514342widdles

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671792.89337217.8
3Display Results79790.0302633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691793.31353936.3
 
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