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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 “twaddled” 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.

30 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
twaddled1425462(None) 
swaddled14254961swaddled
twaddle12245711twaddle_
twaddler13314641twaddler
twaddles13315721twaddles
twiddled14284631twiddled
waddled133611641_waddled
addled94112522__addled
daddled113810742_daddled
paddled123612022_paddled
raddled103812222_raddled
saddled103112032_saddled
straddled12205022straddled
swaddle12276742swaddle_
swaddles13296452swaddles
toddled10328822t_oddled
treddled1134472treddled
twaddlers14343612twaddlers
twangled1364172twangled
twattled1273462twattled
tweedled1332832tweedled
twiddle12305482twiddle_
twiddler13244872twiddler
twiddles13265612twiddles
wadded124014172_wadd_ed
waddied13358562_waddied
waddle114715302_waddle_
waddler124010792_waddler
waddles124314842_waddles
widdled133511232_widdled

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059303.84331501.2
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.24942054.8
 
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