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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 “drudge” 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.

45 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
drudge931790(None) 
dredge9308561dredge
drudged11277611drudged
drudger10328321drudger
drudges10308871drudges
grudge9388581grudge
trudge8318731trudge
adjudge1742612adjudge
bludge104210972bludge
bridge103711882bridge
budge94619882_budge
crude86018572crud_e
dodge86618132d_odge
dredged11346892dredged
dredger10347452dredger
dredges10379352dredges
drudgers11326852drudgers
drudgery14273632drudgery
drug65718132dru_g_
drugged11367182drugged
drugget10337612drugget
druggie10134072druggie
druggy12344742druggy
drugs75214652dru_gs
drupe85012992dru_pe
druse64817662dru_se
dude65629662d_ud_e
fridge11379252fridge
fudge105315532_fudge
grudged11317162grudged
grudger10368312grudger
grudges10349422grudges
grunge8359582grunge
judge144714162_judge
kludge12407772kludge
nudge74616432_nudge
prude84615972prud_e
ridge75018672_ridge
rude55632782_rud_e
sludge84811942sludge
smudge10387912smudge
trudged10298042trudged
trudgen9357052trudgen
trudger9338732trudger
trudges9339992trudges

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551452.53032628.9
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.87662131.8
 
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