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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 “haggardly” 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.

25 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
haggardly184267(None) 
laggardly1542671laggardly
haggard13377182haggard__
haggards14366762haggard_s
niggardly1551922niggardly
bastardly15264293bastardly
beggarly15293393beggar_ly
dastardly14273803dastardly
haggada1353643hagga_d_a
haggadah1762593hagga_dah
haggadas1463633hagga_das
haggadic1643073hagga_dic
haggadot1444063hagga_dot
haggishly2042913haggishly
hagiarchy2152213hagiarchy
hardly135112833h___ardly
jaggary19304863jaggar__y
jaggedly21222943jagg_edly
laggard10347623laggard__
laggards11307053laggard_s
raggedly14284313ragg_edly
saggard10358953saggard__
saggards11397493saggard_s
sluggardly1651083sluggardly
waywardly2251883waywardly

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641257.31320325.6
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691257.74923059.9
 
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