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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 “pierogies” 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.

37 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
pierogies124587(None) 
pirogies1139421pi_rogies
pierogi1054722pierogi__
pirogues1135472pi_rogues
anergies9310453aner_gies
apiologies1339063apiologies
biologies12311183biologies
clergies1137903cler_gies
energies9310783ener_gies
hierologies1547063hierologies
hierurgies1451543hierurgies
ironies7517423_i_ronies
parodies11313693p_arodies
peerages1189893peerag_es
peeries93623023peer__ies
peonies93620153p_e_onies
perigees1189503p_erigees
peroxides1947493p_eroxides
peroxids1837453p_eroxids
perries93226603p_er_ries
pieholes13168913pieho_les
pierces113411193pier__ces
pieties9419223pie__ties
piggies113813483pi__ggies
pillories1189573pillories
pineries102419083piner__ies
piracies12312643pi_racies
pirogen1038263pi_rog_en
pirogi9299013pi_rogi__
pirogue1045413pi_rogue_
piroques1944353pi_roques
pishoges1446953pishog_es
pishogues1543003pishogues
pogies94123543p___ogies
porgies103017003p_or_gies
prorogues1244883prorogues
proxies163014933p__roxies

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641377.18620684.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.62523434.9
 
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