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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 “pledge” 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.

43 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
pledge1046949(None) 
fledge11439311fledge
ledge76519491_ledge
pledged12358631pledged
pledgee11359631pledgee
pledger11359171pledger
pledges113811581pledges
pledget113510651pledget
sledge85011301sledge
bludge104210972bludge
dredge9308562dredge
edge65719682__edge
fledged13417862fledged
fledges12409392fledges
fledgy14414912fledgy
glede75517832gled_e
hedge105317352_hedge
impledge1442972impledge
kedge115513742_kedge
kludge12407772kludge
ledger85914392_ledger
ledges84918012_ledges
ledgy105712022_ledgy
lodge76520092_lodge
peage84723572p_eage
pelage9515362pelage
plage84520402pl_age
please84315732please
plebe95014872ple_be
pled75231432pled__
pledgees12376282pledgees
pledgeor12303462pledgeor
pledgers12387642pledgers
pledgets12365672pledgets
pledgor11334992pledgor
plunge93811062plunge
repledge1243772repledge
sedge75019972_sedge
sledged103610332sledged
sledges94511572sledges
sludge84811942sludge
splodge1134102splodge
wedge105215662_wedge

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 Limit82551432.55032372.9
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691432.90661490.4
 
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