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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 “hedge” 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.

71 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
hedge10531735(None) 
edge65719681_edge
hedged125211811hedged
hedger114912651hedger
hedges115016261hedges
hedgy134510751hedgy
henge94819831henge
kedge115513731kedge
ledge76519491ledge
sedge75019971sedge
wedge105215661wedge
badge94819692badge
beige81515382beige
budge94619882budge
cadge94018792cadge
cede74928772ced_e
dodge86618132dodge
dredge9308562dredge
edged85514532_edged
edger75215952_edger
edges75718742_edges
edgy94713532_edgy
fadge104817002fadge
fidge104516062fidge
fledge11439312fledge
fudge105315532fudge
hade85440192had_e
heave114521812heave
hebe96424702he_be
heddle114211162heddle
heder95623642heder
hedgers124310262hedgers
hedgier12367882hedgier
heeze175313482heeze
heigh124812542heigh
helve115018092helve
heme95034412he_me
hence104920042hence
henges104516462henges
here76447102he_re
heugh125410922heugh
hide85134642hid_e
hinge95323452hinge
huge86321652h_uge
judge144714162judge
kedged13439752kedged
kedges124812982kedges
ledger85914392ledger
ledges84918012ledges
ledgy105712022ledgy
lodge76520092lodge
merge84523692merge
midge95016552midge
nudge74616432nudge
peage84723572peage
pledge10469492pledge
rede55037672red_e
redye94413472redye
ridge75018672ridge
sedges83817812sedges
sedgy104512792sedgy
serge64727472serge
sledge85011302sledge
tenge65720452tenge
venge95117992venge
verge93419842verge
wedged125110302wedged
wedges114614582wedges
wedgie11428372wedgie
wedgy13479802wedgy
wodge107212932wodge

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800711.65632487.9
3Display Results71710.0164437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691711.98290156.9
 
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