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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 “engirdles” 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.

37 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
engirdles114262(None) 
engirdle1043221engirdle_
engirdled1242121engirdled
begirdles1342492begirdles
encircles1343922encircles
engirded1143972engird_ed
engirds995052engird__s
enkindles1463132enkindles
girdles92210002__girdles
begirdle1253203begirdle_
begirdled1442403begirdled
encircle1243943encircle_
encircled1443333encircled
engilded1143983engild_ed
engilds974863engi__lds
engines81114463engi__nes
engird8126973engird___
engirding1244153engirding
engirdling1342303engirdling
engorges1045753engor_ges
engraves1237233eng_raves
enisles72312603en_i_sles
enkindle1363163enkindle_
enkindled1592583enkindled
enkindler1472553enkindler
enkindlers1581993enkindlers
ensiles72714833ensi__les
entires71517783entir__es
entitles8710663enti_tles
girdle82110463__girdle_
girdled10217453__girdled
girdler9227313__girdler
girdlers10195403__girdlers
unbridles1244133unbridles
ungirded1136083ungird_ed
ungirds9105303ungird__s
unriddles1143503unriddles

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641377.06321045.0
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.49923828.6
 
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