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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 “kludge” 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.

37 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
kludge1240777(None) 
bludge104210971bludge
kludged14366551kludged
kludges13397701kludges
kludgey16384651kludgey
kludgy15294221kludgy
kluge104910461klu_ge
sludge84811941sludge
bludged12439312bludged
bludger11419562bludger
bludges114511122bludges
blunge94311482blunge
budge94619882_budge
drudge9317902drudge
elude64517622elud_e
fledge11439312fledge
fudge105315532_fudge
grudge9388582grudge
judge144714162_judge
kedge115513732k_edge
kludgier1432462kludgier
kluged12427232klu_ged
kluges11389572klu_ges
ledge76519492_ledge
lodge76520092_lodge
lude55331642_lud_e
luge55531642_lu_ge
lunge65323802_lunge
nudge74616432_nudge
pledge10469492pledge
plunge93811052plunge
sledge85011302sledge
sludged103610342sludged
sludges93811992sludges
sludgy11366252sludgy
smudge10387912smudge
trudge8318732trudge

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551372.12638829.3
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691372.46572491.3
 
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