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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 “twaddle” 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.

33 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
twaddle1224571(None) 
swaddle12276741swaddle
twaddled14254621twaddled
twaddler13314641twaddler
twaddles13315721twaddles
twiddle12305481twiddle
waddle114715301_waddle
addle74318352__addle
daddle94214282_daddle
paddle104615142_paddle
raddle84816172_raddle
saddle83915492_saddle
staddle9288092staddle
straddle10186222straddle
swaddled14254962swaddled
swaddles13296452swaddles
toddle85811032t_oddle
treddle936432treddle
twaddlers14343612twaddlers
twangle1145802twangle
twattle1064272twattle
tweedle1134192tweedle
twiddled14284632twiddled
twiddler13244872twiddler
twiddles13265612twiddles
twiddly15233772twiddly
waddie114013322_waddie
waddled133611642_waddled
waddler124010792_waddler
waddles124314842_waddles
waddly14478722_waddly
wandle105316662_wandle
widdle113814842_widdle

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 Limit107671332.95036498.6
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.34253468.3
 
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