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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 “sludge” 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.

54 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
sludge8481194(None) 
bludge104210971bludge
kludge12407771kludge
sledge85011301sledge
sludged103610341sludged
sludges93811991sludges
sludgy11366251sludgy
smudge10387911smudge
bludged12439312bludged
bludger11419562bludger
bludges114511122bludges
blunge94311482blunge
budge94619882_budge
drudge9317902drudge
elude64517622elud_e
fledge11439312fledge
fudge105315532_fudge
grudge9388582grudge
judge144714162_judge
kludged14366552kludged
kludges13397702kludges
kludgey16384652kludgey
kludgy15294222kludgy
kluge104910462klu_ge
ledge76519492_ledge
lodge76520092_lodge
lude55331652_lud_e
luge55531642_lu_ge
lunge65323802_lunge
nudge74616432_nudge
pledge10469492pledge
plunge93811052plunge
sedge75019972s_edge
sledged103610332sledged
sledges94511572sledges
slide64725422slid_e
sludgier1034822sludgier
slue45332192slu__e
slug55124642slu_g_
slugged104410382slugged
slugger93610682slugger
slugs64618562slu_gs
sluice849512sluice
slung65117832slung_
smidge10378482smidge
smudged12326462smudged
smudges11348282smudges
smudgy13294132smudgy
splodge1134102splodge
splurge1044762splurge
spurge93711322spurge
stodge8369042stodge
surge65027692s_urge
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 Filter178691825510.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit82551542.31335690.0
3Display Results54540.0301800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691542.79663909.5
 
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