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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwaddle” 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.

15 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
waddle11471530(None) 
addle74318351_addle
daddle94214281daddle
paddle104615141paddle
raddle84816171raddle
saddle83915491saddle
swaddle12276741swaddle
twaddle12245711twaddle
waddie114013321waddie
waddled133611641waddled
waddler124010791waddler
waddles124314841waddles
waddly14478721waddly
wandle105316661wandle
widdle113814841widdle

Search took 2 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 Filter178691487550.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit48755150.92352822.3
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691151.096163039.2