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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 “argued” 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
argued8431117(None) 
argled85314551argled
argue64818441argue_
arguer74510541arguer
argues74516411argues
aged67334252a_g_ed
agreed84712502agreed
ague55725922a_gue_
agues64919052a_gues
angled84219092angled
arced88224162ar_ced
arched125717322arched
arcked136211942arcked
argle65421562argle_
argles75218482argles
arguers8489032arguers
argufied1342322argufied
argufy1344092argufy
argus66716542argu_s
arguses84711742arguses
ariled75620322ariled
armed86324432ar_med
around72712412around
aroused84914342aroused
augured987192augured
barged105822642barg_ed
fugued11478712fugued
gargled104210672gargled
parged104922042parg_ed
raged74829452rag_ed
ragged94620262ragged
reargued1035572reargued
rogued84711472rogued
rued55729792_r_ued
segued838512segued
trued65117692tr_ued
unargued1035582unargued
urged75316032urg_ed
vogued11457632vogued

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551392.40634310.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691392.76564626.0
 
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