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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 “sarongs” 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.

31 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
sarongs8451180(None) 
barongs105310831barongs
sarong73914871sarong_
barong96015822barong_
barons85025382baron_s
darings93713652darings
earings84517712earings
kalongs1255442kalongs
parangs104314372parangs
parings104219212parings
prongs94314482_prongs
sacrings11278922sacrings
salons63823692salon_s
sarans64224432saran_s
sarins63932622sarin_s
sarodes84216142sarodes
sarods74918572saro_ds
saros55238062saro__s
saroses73619332saroses
satangs8479712satangs
savings114412952savings
sayings113610832sayings
soarings93210392soarings
songs67725552s__ongs
sorings83817252sorings
sprangs104610052sprangs
springs104415922springs
strings84617132strings
strong74914882strong_
throngs11508162throngs
wrongs10338932_wrongs

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671313.45331181.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.60949512.6
 
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