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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 “ledges” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

109 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
ledges8491801(None) 
edges75718741_edges
fledges12409391fledges
hedges115016261hedges
kedges124812981kedges
ledge76519491ledge_
ledger85914391ledger
ledgers94912181ledgers
leges64427291le_ges
lodges86820151lodges
pledges113811581pledges
sedges83817811sedges
sledges94511571sledges
wedges114614581wedges
aedes64625152aed_es
badges103917372badges
beiges91014412beiges
bludges114511122bludges
budges104820132budges
cadges104716712cadges
cedes84927332ced_es
dodges96119082dodges
dredges10379352dredges
edge65719682_edge_
edged85514532_edged
edger75215952_edger
edgers84413922_edgers
fadges114814032fadges
fidges114114392fidges
fledge11439312fledge_
fledged13417862fledged
fudges114314502fudges
gledes84915132gled_es
hedge105317352hedge_
hedged125211812hedged
hedger114912652hedger
hedgers124310262hedgers
henges104516462henges
judges153713462judges
kedge115513732kedge_
kedged13439752kedged
kludges13397702kludges
lades65141272lad_es
ladies75124882ladies
ladles74619542ladles
larges74824232larges
leagues837942leagues
leases65428112leases
leaves94222382leaves
leches115421312leches
ledgier9458502ledgier
ledgiest10288592ledgiest
ledgy105712022ledg_y
lees45455882le__es
leger65721512le_ger
legers74518312le_gers
legged95713092legged
legs56133692le_g_s
lenes54738522le_nes
lenses64620892lenses
leones64417722leones
leses54930812le_ses
lethes94818082lethes
leudes75314092leudes
levees93714522levees
levies93919862levies
lexes127225262le_xes
lezzes14387832lezzes
lieges74113442lieges
lodes66436912lod_es
lodge76520092lodge_
lodged913815712lodged
lodger86517692lodger
lodgers95113832lodgers
loges66534202l_oges
longes75925572longes
ludes65728852lud_es
luges65928752l_uges
lunges76123422lunges
merges94122492merges
midges103516482midges
nudges84114742nudges
peages94321852peages
pedes85327292ped_es
pledge10469492pledge_
pledged12358632pledged
pledgee11359632pledgee
pledgees12376282pledgees
pledger11359172pledger
pledgers12387642pledgers
pledget113510652pledget
pledgets12365672pledgets
redes65139132red_es
redoes74623772redoes
redyes104214092redyes
reges65628792re_ges
ridges85817012ridges
sedge75019972sedge_
serges74225972serges
sledge85011302sledge_
sledged103610332sledged
sludges93811992sludges
veges94118872ve_ges
venges104015152venges
verges104320182verges
wedge105215662wedge_
wedged125110302wedged
wedgies123910212wedgies
wodges117413682wodges

Search took 4 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 Limit825511092.62631436.0
3Display Results1091090.0303633.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911092.99959583.5
 
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