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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 “widget” 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.

43 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
widget11381526(None) 
fidget114216481fidget
midget103718451midget
nidget83715641nidget
widgets12318451widgets
bidet84935622bid_et
budget104618122budget
fidge104516062fidge_
fidged124610932fidged
fidges114114392fidges
fidgets12388762fidgets
fidgety15384892fidgety
gadget93616182gadget
midge95016552midge_
midges103516482midges
midgets113910252midgets
midgut103510052midgut
nidgets9358142nidgets
ridge75018672ridge_
ridged94014222ridged
ridgel8399972ridgel
ridges85817012ridges
wadset10314302wadset
wedge105215662wedge_
wedged125110302wedged
wedges114614582wedges
wicket155318942wicket
widder112913972widder
wide85235402wid_e_
widen94717972wid_en
wider94826352wid_er
wides94832822wid_es
widest104517002widest
widgeon1244142widgeon
wigged124413582wigged
wight123725572wi_ght
wiglet105519152wiglet
willet95124832willet
winged114620832winged
winger104125442winger
winglet113115982winglet
wodge107212932wodge_
wodges117413682wodges

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551432.11039123.7
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691432.46672461.9
 
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