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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 “lingered” 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.

32 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
lingered1012964(None) 
fingered13128331fingered
gingered11127741gingered
lingerer9118301lingerer
angered93013472_angered
blinkered1644412blinkered
cindered1239792cindered
clinkered1634772clinkered
dangered11248512dangered
fingerer12127222fingerer
hindered1339452hindered
hungered13217052hungered
inhered11313162_inhered
jiggered1834202jiggered
laagered1055852laagered
lagered92311152l_agered
limbered13158122limbered
linebred1144962linebred
linger75226002linger__
lingerers10126922lingerers
lingerie959202lingerie
lingeries10511812lingeries
lingers84223302linger_s
linseed838202linse_ed
lippered13287952lippered
littered92511382littered
livered113111632li_vered
malingered1442712malingered
mongered1238952mongered
sintered92213902sintered
tinkered1387682tinkered
wintered122111572wintered

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121059324.31328068.4
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691324.76637492.9
 
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