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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 “collages” 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.

47 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
collages11351424(None) 
collage102813761collage_
collaged12279971collaged
collagen11338571collagen
collagens12256031collagens
collates103019141collates
colleges112410521colleges
tollages92410191tollages
coinages11310802coinages
collagist1248012collagist
collapse1244272collapse
collapses1344682collapses
collards113310192collards
collared113211142collared
collaret103116702collaret
collarets11327332collarets
collars93816572colla_rs
collate92919682collate_
collated113615062collated
colleagues1342932colleagues
college102410442college_
colleger11227932colleger
collegers12256842collegers
collides113214472collides
collies94326582coll_ies
collogues1246212collogues
colludes11279222colludes
cordages12310112cordages
corkages1539102corkages
corsages11310362corsages
cottages113310492cottages
courages11311392courages
cowages13310942co_wages
cowhages1736112cowhages
foliages1247622foliages
millages113212902millages
moulages1138052moulages
pillages113012612pillages
soilages9189672soilages
sullages939972sullages
tallages92312002tallages
tillages93011262tillages
tollage82610162tollage_
ullages838952_ullages
villages123010602villages
voltages1237252voltages
vorlages1236032vorlages

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059473.56034005.3
3Display Results47470.0331424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691473.99944683.9
 
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