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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 “malingered” 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.

27 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
malingered144271(None) 
malingerer1342171malingerer
lingered10129642__lingered
malinger11116532malinger__
malingerers1451752malingerers
malingers1285852malinger_s
angered93013473_a__ngered
befingered1742843befingered
blinkered1644413_blinkered
calendered1443393calendered
calipered1454873cali_pered
clinkered1634773_clinkered
cylindered1742063cylindered
dangered11248513da__ngered
fingered13128333__fingered
gingered11127743__gingered
harbingered1851493harbingered
lingerer9118303__lingerer
maligned1285773mali_g_ned
maligner11115333maligner__
maligners12104783maligner_s
malingering1563193malingering
mannered11249653ma__nnered
maundered1394943ma_undered
mongered1238953m__ongered
mutineered1342893mutineered
splintered1383923splintered

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603275.65624859.1
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.07529414.2
 
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