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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 “argue” 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.

72 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
argue6481844(None) 
ague55725921a_gue
argle65421561argle
argued84311171argued
arguer74510541arguer
argues74516411argues
argus66716541argus
age47154332a_g_e
agee56241492a_gee
aggie73415012aggie
agree65226032agree
agues64919052a_gues
algae65319622algae
algum82711762algum
angle64528872angle
arame75026622arame
arbute8311042arbute
arcus76918862arcus
are37874572ar__e
areae55229742areae
arene55329412arene
arete56031352arete
argal65023392argal
argil65116882argil
argled85314552argled
argles75218482argles
argol65317262argol
argon65520592argon
argot67728652argot
arguers8489032arguers
argufy1344092argufy
arguses84711742arguses
argyle1066062argyle
arise56436432arise
armure8710132armure
arose55832082arose
arouse65019982arouse
arse46539272ar_se
arum66129032ar_um
augur64311212augur
barge85631022barg_e
bargee94624442bargee
barque17239552barque
brogue94211032brogue
cangue91012442cangue
drogue8938332drogue
fugue94313372fugue
gangue81310572gangue
gargle84215462gargle
garigue935582garigue
gigue71210672gigue
grue55825712gr_ue
langue71012172langue
large65325462larg_e
marge85328332marg_e
marque172410502marque
morgue938112morgue
parge85831852parg_e
rage55742352rag_e
ragee65432662ragee
reargue836462reargue
rogue66417532rogue
roue45941742_roue
rue35549262_r_ue
sarge65531132sarg_e
segue6314412segue
targe65227092targ_e
togue64816302togue
true46725852tr_ue
urge54722422urg_e
vague96513112vague
vogue95613042vogue

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800721.58034050.6
3Display Results72720.0135538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691721.90693751.8
 
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