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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 “dredge” 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.

33 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
dredge930856(None) 
dredged11346891dredged
dredger10347451dredger
dredges10379351dredges
drudge9317901drudge
brede85520502bred_e
bridge103711882bridge
dodge86618132d_odge
dredgers11256092dredgers
dree56638322dre__e
dreg66821652dre_g_
dreggy12364632dreggy
dregs76114862dre_gs
dreigh11246442dreigh
drudged11277612drudged
drudger10328322drudger
drudges10308872drudges
edge65719682__edge
fledge11439312fledge
fridge11379252fridge
greige847202greige
grudge9388582grudge
hedge105317352_hedge
kedge115513732_kedge
ledge76519492_ledge
pledge10469492pledge
rede55037672_red_e
redye94413472_redye
ridge75018672_ridge
sedge75019972_sedge
sledge85011302sledge
trudge8318732trudge
wedge105215662_wedge

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit82551335.28315625.8
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691335.70231338.3
 
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