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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 “eggar” 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.

35 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
eggar745888(None) 
beggar10328221beggar
eggars8398971eggars
egger74414411egger
seggar8357811seggar
agar58726412_agar
agger76420892agger
beggars11378222beggars
beggary14316152beggary
cigar8911802cigar
eager65526972eager
ear36867882e__ar
edger75215952edger
egad64215412e_gad
egal55119432e_gal
eger55923572e_ger
egg56918672egg__
egged85114392egged
eggers84612582eggers
eggs66516152egg_s
eggy96611852egg_y
embar94011602embar
escar74011992escar
eskar9457452eskar
gar47259902__gar
gear55934972_gear
gnar56021382_gnar
guar56923292_guar
kegger12388082kegger
muggar10316442muggar
regear73512742regear
reggae858952reggae
saggar84010852saggar
seggars9377782seggars
sugar6312912sugar

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800351.56334421.0
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691351.85996122.1
 
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