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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 “sturgeons” 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.

26 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
sturgeons104339(None) 
sturgeon943301sturgeon_
surgeons947031s_urgeons
bourgeons1244392bourgeons
burgeons1146052_burgeons
surgeon837002s_urgeon_
bludgeons1342803bludgeons
bourgeois1243743bourgeois
bourgeon1144683bourgeon_
burgeon1036433_burgeon_
dudgeons11163943_dudgeons
dungeons10124623_dungeons
fourgons1234833fourg_ons
gudgeons11113943_gudgeons
smidgeons13272733smidgeons
spurges104111653spurge__s
stereos74314973ster_eo_s
sternsons944663sternsons
surgers83517483s_urge_rs
surges73924593s_urge__s
trudgeons11202843trudgeons
tureens7289873_tur_eens
turgent8712393_turge_nt
turgors836833_turg_ors
turions7311573_tur_ions
turnons737863_tur_nons

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 Limit148641266.56022658.7
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.99925530.9
 
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