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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 “twiddled” 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
twiddled1428463(None) 
twaddled14254621twaddled
twiddle12305481twiddle_
twiddler13244871twiddler
twiddles13265611twiddles
widdled133511231_widdled
diddled114212052_diddled
dwindled14385022dwindled
fiddled13329632_fiddled
griddled1244202griddled
middled123311902_middled
piddled123311252_piddled
riddled103012042_riddled
swaddled14254962swaddled
swindled13307622swindled
tiddler93110002t_iddler
toddled10328822t_oddled
treddled1134472treddled
trindled10388692trindled
twaddle12245712twaddle_
twaddler13314642twaddler
twaddles13315722twaddles
tweedled1332832tweedled
twiddlers14313692twiddlers
twiddlier1441862twiddlier
twiddly15233772twiddl_y
twilled11398032twi_lled
twinkled1663942twinkled
twirled11385982twi_rled
waddled133611642_waddled
widdle113814842_widdle_
widdles123514342_widdles
windled123713482_windled

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059333.14038553.8
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.53050620.7
 
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