Leetcode: Word Ladder II @Python

class Solution:
    # @param start, a string
    # @param end, a string
    # @param dict, a set of string
    # @return a list of lists of string
    def findLadders(self, start, end, dict):
        alph = [chr(c) for c in range(97, 123)]
        def buildpath(path, word):
            if len(prevMap[word])==0:
                path.append(word); currPath=path[:]
                currPath.reverse(); result.append(currPath)
                path.pop();
                return
            path.append(word)
            for iter in prevMap[word]:
                buildpath(path, iter)
            path.pop()
        result=[]
        prevMap={}
        dict.add(end)
        dict.add(start)
        length=len(start)
        for i in dict:
            prevMap[i]=[]
        candidates=[set(),set()]; current=0; previous=1
        candidates[current].add(start)
        while end not in candidates[current]:
            current, previous=previous, current
            for i in candidates[previous]: dict.remove(i)
            candidates[current].clear()
            for word in candidates[previous]:
                for i in range(length):
                    part1=word[:i]; part2=word[i+1:]
                    for j in alph:
                        if word[i]!=j:
                            nextword=part1+j+part2
                            if nextword in dict:
                                prevMap[nextword].append(word)
                                candidates[current].add(nextword)
            if len(candidates[current])==0: return result
        buildpath([], end)
        return result