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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 “twiddle” 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
twiddle1230548(None) 
twaddle12245711twaddle
twiddled14284631twiddled
twiddler13244871twiddler
twiddles13265611twiddles
twiddly15233771twiddly
widdle113814841_widdle
diddle94915212_diddle
dwindle12415882dwindle
fiddle113613382_fiddle
griddle1035502griddle
middle103414982_middle
piddle103514912_piddle
riddle83915712_riddle
swaddle12276742swaddle
swindle11389182swindle
tiddler93110002t_iddler
tiddly11308782t_iddly
toddle85811032t_oddle
treddle936432treddle
trindle83311362trindle
twaddled14254622twaddled
twaddler13314642twaddler
twaddles13315722twaddles
tweedle1134192tweedle
twiddlers14313692twiddlers
twiddlier1441862twiddlier
twinkle1464772twinkle
waddle114715302_waddle
widdie113410732_widdie
widdled133511232_widdled
widdles123514342_widdles
windle104617952_windle

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 Limit107671332.97036252.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.37652929.8
 
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