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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 “meddles” 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.

66 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
meddles11321325(None) 
heddles123311621heddles
meddle103312761meddle_
meddled123210031meddled
meddler11319951meddler
meddlers12318201meddlers
middles113415301middles
muddles112914351muddles
peddles112913701peddles
reddles93315771reddles
addles84216602_addles
aediles83413902aediles
beadles103414732beadles
buddles113913072buddles
coddles114213592coddles
cuddles114014092cuddles
daddles104213802daddles
diddles103915072diddles
eddies83313162_eddies
eddoes8199142_eddoes
ediles74016982_ediles
fiddles123212602fiddles
fuddles123611932fuddles
heddle114211162heddle_
huddles123712572huddles
measles92412752measles
medaled113411612medaled
medals94218062medal_s
medflies1435552medflies
medley1298342me_dley
medleys13115332me_dleys
merdes94518602merd_es
merles85322762me_rles
mettles94115022mettles
middies113116152middies
middle103414982middle_
middled123311902middled
middler112712272middler
middlers123410192middlers
modules102511002modules
muddies113513952muddies
muddle103414632muddle_
muddled124111592muddled
muddler113411622muddler
muddlers12428812muddlers
neddies92710702neddies
needles83211562needles
noddles92911292noddles
paddles113515642paddles
peddle103512822peddle_
peddled123410542peddled
peddler113210492peddler
peddlers12298532peddlers
piddles114314272piddles
puddles113613822puddles
raddles93615702raddles
reddle83815912reddle_
reddled102912322reddled
riddles93215022riddles
ruddles92813872ruddles
saddles95415742saddles
teddies92711282teddies
toddles93211532toddles
treddles1036262treddles
waddles124314842waddles
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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671662.92036873.6
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.31253952.6
 
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