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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 “pledger” 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.

39 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
pledger1135917(None) 
ledger85914391_ledger
pledge10469491pledge_
pledged12358631pledged
pledgee11359631pledgee
pledgeor12303461pledgeor
pledgers12387641pledgers
pledges113811581pledges
pledget113510651pledget
pledgor11334991pledgor
bludger11419562bludger
dredger10347452dredger
edger75215952__edger
fledge11439312fledge_
fledged13417862fledged
fledges12409392fledges
fledgier1333682fledgier
hedger114912652_hedger
ledge76519492_ledge_
ledgers94912182_ledgers
ledges84918012_ledges
ledgier9458502_ledgier
leger65721512_le_ger
lodger86517692_lodger
pedler93614622p_edler
pleader103511752pleader
pleaser93912342pleaser
pleater93916332pleater
pledgees12376282pledgees
pledgeors13313082pledgeors
pledgets12365672pledgets
pledgors12325262pledgors
plodder1146002plodder
plugger11378432plugger
plunger104211242plunger
sledder9399202sledder
sledge85011302sledge_
sledged103610332sledged
sledges94511572sledges

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671392.87637437.8
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691393.26654712.5
 
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