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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 “kiddies” 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.

52 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
kiddies13341228(None) 
biddies113514491biddies
giddies103713361giddies
kiddie12359391kiddie_
kiddoes13387061kiddoes
middies113116151middies
widdies123514031widdies
baddies114017872baddies
birdies104016212birdies
buddies113914352buddies
caddies113718382caddies
cuddies113313262cuddies
daddies103414942daddies
diddles103915072diddles
diddlies1137592diddlies
didies84621832di_dies
eddies83313162_eddies
fiddles123212602fiddles
fuddies123211202fuddies
giddied11257712giddied
giddier10308722giddier
giddiest11298552giddiest
indies73822782_indies
kidded13299392kidd_ed
kidder123811102kidd_er
kidders13399172kidders
kidding14389772kidding
kiddish16276582kiddish
kiddos12416862kidd_os
kidvids1643112kidvids
killies113318112killies
kilties113014142kilties
kindles123614842kindles
kitties113213622kitties
laddies93715052laddies
lindies8416582lindies
middles113415302middles
muddies113513952muddies
neddies92710702neddies
noddies93512042noddies
paddies113715722paddies
piddles114314272piddles
riddles93215022riddles
skiddier1464192skiddier
skiddiest1543812skiddiest
soddies92312852soddies
teddies92711282teddies
tidies74721832ti_dies
toddies93011992toddies
waddies124214752waddies
widdie113410732widdie_
widdles123514342widdles

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671523.07635003.6
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.45251764.5
 
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