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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 “anguished” 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
anguished144398(None) 
anguishes1345091anguishes
languished1543121languished
anguish11117632anguish__
englished1444272englished
languisher1443072languisher
languishes1444242languishes
vanquished2652162vanquished
abolished1544273abolished
agisted938203a_g_isted
aguish1059283a_guish__
aguishly1543613a_guishly
ambushed1644463ambu_shed
anguine839913angui_ne_
anguishing1543733anguishing
angulated1139223angulated
aniseed839403an__iseed
ankushes1544583anku_shes
banished14189063ban__ished
englishes1345103englishes
guised84612173__guis_ed
gushed114816243__gu_shed
languish12136253languish__
languishers1552593languishers
nourished1374603_nourished
squished21186393_squished
unfished15218293un_fished
unguided1136233ungui_ded
unpunished1642523unpunished
unrushed12247573unru_shed
unwished15237833un_wished
vanished15207743van__ished
vanquisher2552133vanquisher
vanquishes2542943vanquishes

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641346.98621277.0
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.42224075.9
 
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