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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 “ledge” 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.

98 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
ledge7651949(None) 
edge65719681_edge
fledge11439311fledge
hedge105317351hedge
kedge115513731kedge
ledger85914391ledger
ledges84918011ledges
ledgy105712021ledgy
lodge76520091lodge
pledge10469491pledge
sedge75019971sedge
sledge85011301sledge
wedge105215661wedge
badge94819692badge
beige81515382beige
bludge104210972bludge
budge94619882budge
cadge94018792cadge
cede74928772ced_e
dodge86618132dodge
dredge9308562dredge
edged85514532_edged
edger75215952_edger
edges75718742_edges
edgy94713532_edgy
fadge104817002fadge
fidge104516062fidge
fledged13417862fledged
fledges12409392fledges
fledgy14414912fledgy
fudge105315532fudge
glede75517832gled_e
hedged125211812hedged
hedger114912652hedger
hedges115016262hedges
hedgy134510752hedgy
henge94819832henge
judge144714162judge
kedged13439752kedged
kedges124812982kedges
kludge12407772kludge
lade56345982lad_e
ladle66320442ladle
large65325462large
league758742league
lease55230262lease
leave84723722leave
led46254552led__
ledgers94912182ledgers
ledgier9458502ledgier
lee36068142le__e
leg46446112le_g_
leger65721512le_ger
leges64427292le_ges
legged95713092legged
leggy105210242leggy
legs56133692le_gs
leke85527402le_ke
lense54523432lense
leone55018822leone
lethe85717302lethe
levee84023812levee
liege65314432liege
lode56240112lod_e
lodged913815712lodged
lodger86517692lodger
lodges86820152lodges
loge56837192l_oge
longe66626462longe
lude55331642lud_e
luge55531642l_uge
lunge65323802lunge
merge84523692merge
midge95016552midge
nudge74616432nudge
peage84723572peage
pledged12358632pledged
pledgee11359632pledgee
pledger11359172pledger
pledges113811582pledges
pledget113510652pledget
rede55037672red_e
redye94413472redye
ridge75018672ridge
sedges83817812sedges
sedgy104512792sedgy
serge64727472serge
sledged103610332sledged
sledges94511572sledges
sludge84811942sludge
tenge65720442tenge
venge95117992venge
verge93419842verge
wedged125110302wedged
wedges114614582wedges
wedgie11428372wedgie
wedgy13479802wedgy
wodge107212932wodge

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 Limit53800981.53035163.4
3Display Results98980.0303266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691981.85696277.5
 
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