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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 “befuddles” 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.

32 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
befuddles164202(None) 
befuddle1542101befuddle_
befuddled1742001befuddled
bemuddles1542451bemuddles
bemuddle1442842bemuddle_
bemuddled1642312bemuddled
buddles113913072b__uddles
fuddles123611932__fuddles
beadles103414733be__adles
becudgels1541623becudgels
befuddling1841853befuddling
begirdles1342493begirdles
beguiles1146103begu_iles
bejumbles22122443bejumbles
bemuzzles2162193bemuzzles
buddies113914353b__uddies
buddle104313083b__uddle_
bundles103515773b__undles
cuddles114014093__cuddles
fiddles123212603__fiddles
fuddies123211203__fuddies
fuddle113312103__fuddle_
fuddled13309393__fuddled
heddles123311623he__ddles
huddles123712573__huddles
meddles113213253me__ddles
muddles112914353__muddles
peddles112913703pe__ddles
puddles113613823__puddles
reddles93315773re__ddles
resaddles11114693resaddles
ruddles92813873__ruddles

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 Filter1786911486410.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit148641328.50017487.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.32919154.4
 
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