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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 “ruddles” 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.

85 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
ruddles9281387(None) 
buddles113913071buddles
cuddles114014091cuddles
fuddles123611931fuddles
huddles123712571huddles
muddles112914351muddles
puddles113613821puddles
raddles93615701raddles
reddles93315771reddles
riddles93215021riddles
ruddle83414201ruddle_
ruddled103010871ruddled
rundles83214711rundles
addles84216602_addles
audiles83112612audiles
buddies113914352buddies
buddle104313082buddle_
bundles103515772bundles
coddles114213592coddles
cuddies113313262cuddies
cuddle104414532cuddle_
cuddled124110762cuddled
cuddler113810742cuddler
cuddlers12388382cuddlers
curdles103814572curdles
daddles104213802daddles
diddles103915072diddles
fiddles123212602fiddles
fuddies123211202fuddies
fuddle113312102fuddle_
fuddled13309392fuddled
griddles1145752griddles
heddles123311622heddles
huddle113712992huddle_
huddled13349782huddled
huddler12379422huddler
huddlers13337632huddlers
hurdles113613372hurdles
meddles113213252meddles
middles113415302middles
muddies113513952muddies
muddle103414632muddle_
muddled124111592muddled
muddler113411622muddler
muddlers12428812muddlers
noddles92911292noddles
paddles113515642paddles
peddles112913702peddles
piddles114314272piddles
puddle103914152puddle_
puddled123011192puddled
puddler112910752puddler
puddlers12298682puddlers
raddle84816172raddle_
raddled103812222raddled
reddle83815912reddle_
reddled102912322reddled
riddle83915712riddle_
riddled103012042riddled
riddler93411262riddler
riddlers10269102riddlers
rubbles113715112rubbles
rubles83921702ru_bles
ruckles133414602ruckles
rudder83812802rudd_er
rudders93210652rudders
ruddier9338522ruddier
ruddiest10278542ruddiest
rudds74811702rudd__s
ruffles133512272ruffles
rules55234252ru__les
rumbles114018392rumbles
rumples113313132rumples
rundle73214232rundle_
rundlet83114152rundlet
rundlets9307362rundlets
runkles114111942runkles
rustles73416412rustles
rutiles74315842rutiles
saddles95415742saddles
toddles93211532toddles
treddles1036262treddles
trundles9278482trundles
waddles124314842waddles
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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671853.20633584.2
3Display Results85850.0302833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691853.60949512.6
 
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