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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 “paygrade” 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.

36 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
paygrade154359(None) 
paygrades1643621paygrades
aggrade1035642_aggrade
parade94720642pa__rade
prograde1247182prograde
abrade9313053_a_brade
aggraded1244203_aggraded
aggrades1135863_aggrades
agrafe1038093_a_grafe
apyrase1236363apy_rase
degrade10229903_degrade
grade75126093___grade
hagride1237553ha_gride
hagrode1236453ha_grode
hayride1437323hay_ride
langrage10106033langrage
layerage1244963layerage
margrave1444793margrave
misgrade1247503misgrade
palisade1145833palisade
palsgrave1551883palsgrave
pangram1239023pangra_m
pangrams1337153pangrams
paraded114014263pa__raded
parader103914863pa__rader
parades104121473pa__rades
parae76335703pa__ra_e
parkade1437583pa_rkade
passade1039233pa_ssade
payload1336403payload_
payloads1445293payloads
protrade1148213protrade
raygrass1242883raygrass
regrade92612033_regrade
subgrade1246053subgrade
upgrade11215823_upgrade

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit146162369.01616211.4
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691369.84218156.0
 
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