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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 “riddles” 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.

98 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
riddles9321502(None) 
diddles103915071diddles
fiddles123212601fiddles
griddles1145751griddles
middles113415301middles
piddles114314271piddles
raddles93615701raddles
reddles93315771reddles
riddle83915711riddle_
riddled103012041riddled
riddler93411261riddler
riddlers10269101riddlers
ruddles92813871ruddles
widdles123514341widdles
addles84216602_addles
biddies113514492biddies
bindles104016452bindles
bridles104114472bri_dles
brindles113710222brindles
buddles113913072buddles
coddles114213592coddles
cuddles114014092cuddles
daddles104213802daddles
diddle94915212diddle_
diddled114212052diddled
diddler103511512diddler
diddlers11359152diddlers
diddley13388102diddley
diddleys14334632diddleys
diddlies1137592diddlies
dindles93817242dindles
fiddle113613382fiddle_
fiddled13329632fiddled
fiddler12309952fiddler
fiddlers13328282fiddlers
fuddles123611932fuddles
giddies103713362giddies
girdles92210002girdles
griddle1035502griddle_
griddled1244202griddled
heddles123311622heddles
huddles123712572huddles
idles66720122_i_dles
kiddies133412282kiddies
kiddoes13387062kiddoes
kindles123614842kindles
meddles113213252meddles
middies113116152middies
middle103414982middle_
middled123311902middled
middler112712272middler
middlers123410192middlers
muddles112914352muddles
noddles92911292noddles
paddles113515642paddles
peddles112913702peddles
piddle103514912piddle_
piddled123311252piddled
piddler112911522piddler
piddlers12359592piddlers
puddles113613822puddles
raddle84816172raddle_
raddled103812222raddled
reddle83815912reddle_
reddled102912322reddled
ridded93615122ridd_ed
ridden83511722ridd_en
ridder84015142ridd_er
ridders93612492ridders
rides66140812ri_d_es
ridgels9348022ridgels
ridges85817012ri_dges
ridley10169542ri_dley
ridleys11145782ri_dleys
riffles133911162riffles
rifles94217702ri_fles
riles55343642ri__les
rilles64725502ri_lles
rimples113114222rimples
rindless92510192rindless
ripples113513292ripples
ruddle83414202ruddle_
ruddled103010872ruddled
rundles83214712rundles
saddles95415742saddles
sidles74721152si_dles
tiddler93110002tiddler
tiddlers10288652tiddlers
toddles93211532toddles
treddles1036262treddles
trindles93211682trindles
twiddles13265612twiddles
unriddles1143502unriddles
waddles124314842waddles
widdies123514032widdies
widdle113814842widdle_
widdled133511232widdled
windles113518492windles

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671983.14034290.1
3Display Results98980.0332969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691983.54950349.7
 
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