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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 “orangs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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80 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
orangs7411603(None) 
orang65119941orang_
orange74016321orange
oranges84215331oranges
orangy105111231orangy
ourangs8318501ourangs
prangs94816231prangs
wrangs104611911wrangs
bangs85627772_bangs
bhangs12449662bhangs
boranes93720402boranes
borings103614242borings
brags85625102bra_gs
brands95118942brands
branks124817382branks
brans75437432bran_s
brants85723052brants
brings94618432brings
changs125215372changs
clangs95113612clangs
crags85622572cra_gs
cranes84330752cranes
cranks125015312cranks
dangs75623202_dangs
drags75521112dra_gs
fangs96224072_fangs
frags96322172fra_gs
francs114112192francs
franks134912732franks
gangs76222572_gangs
gobangs11385832gobangs
grands84218242grands
grange83716202grange
granges93516522granges
grans64832542gran_s
grants73722472grants
hangs95726722_hangs
kiangs11378362kiangs
liangs74410592liangs
lorans65117602loran_s
orals55826482ora_ls
orangey11388832orangey
orangish1246552orangish
orates64328612orates
organs7912912organ_s
ornis54616772or_nis
ourang73311062ourang_
pangs84628662_pangs
parangs104314372parangs
prang84820322prang_
pranks124814722pranks
prongs94314482prongs
raggs75216472_raggs
rags55448372_ra_gs
rands65930452_rands
rang56939162_rang_
range64728412_range
ranges73826922_ranges
rangy95320382_rangy
ranis55235832_ranis
ranks95225732_ranks
rants55935342_rants
rings65029172_rings
roans54926442roan_s
rungs611819402_rungs
slangs75615342slangs
sorings83817252sorings
sprangs104610052sprangs
stangs75018162stangs
tangs65028342_tangs
tranks104017762tranks
tranqs155210312tranqs
trans54933042tran_s
twangs10358092twangs
vangs96319582_vangs
whangs13439722whangs
wrang94716112wrang_
wrings104012972wrings
wrongs10338932wrongs
yangs95618692_yangs

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551802.64031269.3
3Display Results80800.0165000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691803.03258935.0
 
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