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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 “bludgeon” 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.

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
bludgeon124292(None) 
bludgeons1342801bludgeons
bludge104210972bludge__
bludged12439312bludge_d
bludgeoned1551362bludgeoned
bludger11419562bludge_r
bludgers12397852bludgers
bludges114511122bludge_s
bourgeon1144682bourgeon
burgeon1036432b_urgeon
dudgeon10134142_dudgeon
gudgeon10123742_gudgeon
trudgeon10253312trudgeon
bludgeoning1651293bludgeoning
bludging13297463bludging
blunge94311483blunge__
blunged114310133blunge_d
blunger104112013blunge_r
blungers11469843blungers
blunges104212223blunge_s
bourgeons1244393bourgeons
budge94619883b_udge__
budged114517243b_udge_d
budger104617713b_udge_r
budgers114314923b_udgers
budges104820133b_udge_s
budget104618123b_udge_t
budgets11489863b_udgets
burgeons1146053b_urgeons
dudgeons11163943_dudgeons
dungeon9134553_dungeon
gudgeons11113943_gudgeons
kludge12407773kludge__
kludged14366553kludge_d
kludges13397703kludge_s
kludgey16384653kludge_y
pledgeor12303463pledgeor
sludge84811943sludge__
sludged103610343sludge_d
sludges93811993sludge_s
smidgeon12303273smidgeon
sturgeon943303sturgeon
surgeon837003_surgeon
trudgen9357053trudge_n
trudgeons11202843trudgeons
widgeon1244143_widgeon

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162466.23623438.4
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691466.68826718.2
 
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