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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 “engirdled” 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.

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
engirdled124212(None) 
engirded1143971engird_ed
engirdle1043221engirdle_
engirdles1142621engirdles
begirdled1442402begirdled
encircled1443332encircled
engilded1143982engild_ed
enkindled1592582enkindled
girdled10217452__girdled
ungirded1136082ungird_ed
begirded1334173begird_ed
begirdle1253203begirdle_
begirdles1342493begirdles
encircle1243943encircle_
encircles1343923encircles
engild8107613engi__l_d
engined9119893engi__ned
engird8126973engir___d
engirding1244153engirding
engirdling1342303engirdling
engirds995053engird__s
engorged1134553engor_ged
engrailed1144323engrailed
engraved1335813eng_raved
enisled82510223en_i_sled
enkindle1363163enkindle_
enkindler1472553enkindler
enkindles1463133enkindles
ensiled82611433ensi__led
entitled967503enti_tled
environed1342843environed
girded93712493__gird_ed
girdle82110463__girdle_
girdler9227313__girdler
girdles92210003__girdles
unbridled1344973unbridled
unkindled1594203unkindled
unriddled1243813unriddled
upgirded1342333upgird_ed

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641396.89021573.4
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.31224438.0
 
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