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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 “pledges” 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.

46 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
pledges11381158(None) 
fledges12409391fledges
ledges84918011_ledges
pledge10469491pledge_
pledged12358631pledged
pledgee11359631pledgee
pledgees12376281pledgees
pledger11359171pledger
pledgers12387641pledgers
pledget113510651pledget
pledgets12365671pledgets
sledges94511571sledges
bludges114511122bludges
dredges10379352dredges
edges75718742__edges
fledge11439312fledge_
fledged13417862fledged
gledes84915132gled_es
hedges115016262_hedges
impledges1543152impledges
kedges124812982_kedges
kludges13397702kludges
ledge76519492_ledge_
ledger85914392_ledger
ledgers94912182_ledgers
leges64427292_le_ges
lodges86820152_lodges
peages94321852p_eages
pedes85327292p_ed_es
pelages10714612pelages
plages94520152pl_ages
pleases94515482pleases
plebes104313622ple_bes
pledgeor12303462pledgeor
pledgeors13313082pledgeors
pledgor11334992pledgor
pledgors12325262pledgors
plexes155313542ple_xes
plunges104011612plunges
repledges1343782repledges
sedges83817812_sedges
sledge85011302sledge_
sledged103610332sledged
sludges93811992sludges
splodges1234152splodges
wedges114614582_wedges

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671463.29632667.2
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691463.70248268.8
 
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