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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 “befuddled” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

42 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
befuddled174200(None) 
befuddle1542101befuddle_
befuddles1642021befuddles
bemuddled1642311bemuddled
bemuddle1442842bemuddle_
bemuddles1542452bemuddles
fuddled13309392__fuddled
becudgeled1761363becudgeled
bedded115114073be__dd_ed
befooled1434803bef_ooled
befouled1434683bef_ouled
befuddling1841853befuddling
begirdled1442403begirdled
beguiled1244443begu_iled
bejumbled23102043bejumbled
bemedaled1543313bemedaled
bemuzzled2262153bemuzzled
bestudded1442543bestudd_ed
beuncled1334013be_uncled
budded113912333b__udd_ed
buddied12388003b__uddied
buddle104313083b__uddle_
buddles113913073b__uddles
bundled114011303b__undled
cuddled124110763__cuddled
defueled1374513defu_eled
defuelled1443133defuelled
defunded1435163defund_ed
fiddled13329633__fiddled
fuddle113312103__fuddle_
fuddles123611933__fuddles
huddled13349783__huddled
meddled123210033me__ddled
muddled124111593__muddled
peddled123410543pe__ddled
puddled123011193__puddled
reddled102912323re__ddled
refueled1286573refu_eled
refuelled1364513refuelled
refunded1336953refund_ed
resaddled1294253resaddled
ruddled103010873__ruddled

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641428.83016833.6
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691429.26619284.6
 
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