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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 “paygrades” 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.

34 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
paygrades164362(None) 
paygrade1543591paygrade_
aggrades1135862_aggrades
parades104121472pa__rades
abrades10312083_a_brades
aggrade1035643_aggrade_
aggraded1244203_aggraded
agrafes1137523_a_grafes
apyrases1337243apy_rases
degrades11269923_degrades
grades84926313___grades
hagrides1337623ha_grides
hayrides1536883hay_rides
langrages11105903langrages
layerages1345303layerages
margraves1544833margraves
misgrades1347363misgrades
palisades1245613palisades
palsgraves1651933palsgraves
pangrams1337153pangra_ms
parade94720643pa__rade_
paraded114014263pa__raded
parader103914863pa__rader
paraders113113123pa__raders
parados103816053pa__rados
parkades1538273pa_rkades
passades1139203pa_ssades
payloads1445293payload_s
prograde1247183prograde_
raygrass1242883raygra_ss
raygrasses1442843raygrasses
regrades103212173_regrades
subgrades1346313subgrades
upgrades12216063_upgrades

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641347.26620457.1
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691347.73223110.6
 
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