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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 “raygrass” 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.

34 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
raygrass124288(None) 
crabgrass1441972crabgrass
raygrasses1442842raygrasses
ribgrass1143422ribgrass
ryegrass1242792ryegrass
aggress935593_aggress
bagass938933ba_g_ass
beargrass1252923beargrass
cutgrass1144343cutgrass
eelgrass942973eelgrass
grass66125203___grass
harass9313943ha__rass
jagras1438463ja_gra_s
matrass939403ma_trass
mattrass1045863mattrass
mayoress1344383mayoress
nutgrass943933nutgrass
pangrams1337153pangrams
paygrade1543593paygrade
paygrades1643623paygrades
pingrass1146003pingrass
ragas65326063ra_g_a_s
ragbags1135113ra_gbags
raglans82410133ra_glans
ragtags935373ra_gtags
rattraps1044823rattraps
rayahs12579193ray__ahs
rayas85922053ray__a_s
rayless10239003ray_less
regress82711453r_egress
spyglass1442253spyglass
tagrags936123ta_grags
tallgrass1042833tallgrass
tangrams1136163tangrams

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162347.53019410.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.98622375.5
 
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