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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 “twiddles” 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.

35 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
twiddles1326561(None) 
twaddles13315721twaddles
twiddle12305481twiddle_
twiddled14284631twiddled
twiddler13244871twiddler
twiddlers14313691twiddlers
widdles123514341_widdles
diddles103915072_diddles
dwindles13366022dwindles
fiddles123212602_fiddles
griddles1145752griddles
middles113415302_middles
piddles114314272_piddles
riddles93215022_riddles
swaddles13296452swaddles
swindles12319502swindles
tiddler93110002t_iddler
tiddlers10288652t_iddlers
toddles93211532t_oddles
treddles1036262treddles
trindles93211682trindles
twaddle12245712twaddle_
twaddled14254622twaddled
twaddler13314642twaddler
twaddlers14343612twaddlers
tweedles1234112tweedles
twiddlier1441862twiddlier
twiddliest1542022twiddliest
twiddly15233772twiddl_y
twinkles1535072twinkles
waddles124314842_waddles
widdies123514032_widdies
widdle113814842_widdle_
widdled133511232_widdled
windles113518492_windles

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059353.45035089.6
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.87246149.5
 
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