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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 “puddles” 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.

79 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
puddles11361382(None) 
buddles113913071buddles
cuddles114014091cuddles
fuddles123611931fuddles
huddles123712571huddles
muddles112914351muddles
paddles113515641paddles
peddles112913701peddles
piddles114314271piddles
puddle103914151puddle_
puddled123011191puddled
puddler112910751puddler
puddlers12298681puddlers
ruddles92813871ruddles
addles84216602_addles
audiles83112612audiles
buddies113914352buddies
buddle104313082buddle_
bundles103515772bundles
coddles114213592coddles
cuddies113313262cuddies
cuddle104414532cuddle_
cuddled124110762cuddled
cuddler113810742cuddler
cuddlers12388382cuddlers
curdles103814572curdles
daddles104213802daddles
diddles103915072diddles
fiddles123212602fiddles
fuddies123211202fuddies
fuddle113312102fuddle_
fuddled13309392fuddled
heddles123311622heddles
huddle113712992huddle_
huddled13349782huddled
huddler12379422huddler
huddlers13337632huddlers
hurdles113613372hurdles
meddles113213252meddles
middles113415302middles
muddies113513952muddies
muddle103414632muddle_
muddled124111592muddled
muddler113411622muddler
muddlers12428812muddlers
noddles92911292noddles
paddies113715722paddies
paddle104615142paddle_
paddled123612022paddled
paddler113711552paddler
paddlers12329152paddlers
padles95221122p_adles
peddle103512822peddle_
peddled123410542peddled
peddler113210492peddler
peddlers12298532peddlers
piddle103514912piddle_
piddled123311252piddled
piddler112911522piddler
piddlers12359592piddlers
poodles103013512poodles
puddlier1234212puddlier
puddliest1343692puddliest
puddly13438132puddl_y
pules74538812pu__les
pungles104013712pungles
purfles122511842purfles
purples112712832purples
puzzles17318972puzzles
raddles93615702raddles
reddles93315772reddles
riddles93215022riddles
ruddle83414202ruddle_
ruddled103010872ruddled
rundles83214712rundles
saddles95415742saddles
toddles93211532toddles
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 Limit107671793.10634665.5
3Display Results79790.0332393.9
 (SQL Overall)178691793.51550836.7
 
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