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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 “drudgeries” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
drudgeries134327(None) 
dodgeries1246592d_odgeries
drudgers11326852drudger__s
pruderies1247872prud_eries
ruderies9311332_rud_eries
buggeries1347083_buggeries
dauberies1248033dau_beries
doggeries1246673d_oggeries
draperies1249193dr_aperies
dredgers11256093dredger__s
drolleries1145443drolleries
drudger10328323drudger___
drudgery14273633drudger__y
drudges10308873drudg___es
druggies11126223dru_g_gies
duperies11312813d_u_peries
gauderies1147743gaud_eries
groggeries1354713groggeries
grudgers11266753grudger__s
orangeries11116943orangeries
priggeries1444993priggeries
snuggeries1293843snuggeries
surgeries10311363_surgeries
thuggeries1543373thuggeries
trudgers10256863trudger__s
trumperies1444453trumperies

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603266.98320135.0
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.45223978.9
 
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