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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 “degage” 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.

41 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
degage9271138(None) 
degame102713181degame
begaze1838332begaze
damage10410782damage
deave95022332de_ave
debag94212302debag_
debags104211062debags
debase94014472debase
debate94419192debate
decade104216162decade
decane93818872decane
decare93919152decare
deface123113862deface
defame123212432defame
degames113312622degames
degami10279012degami
degas75119162dega_s
degases93413102degases
deglaze1835582deglaze
degrade10229902degrade
degree82814852degree
dekare112811562dekare
delate73827752delate
deluge8189402deluge
derange939812derange
derate74531232derate
dosage82810002dosage
dotage82711612dotage
engage82812102engage
gage65936102__gage
legate72917452legate
menage93216542menage
metage93114452metage
negate72915572negate
peage84723572pe_age
pelage9515362pelage
regale74821452regale
regauge945812regauge
regave104713382regave
reggae858952reggae
sewage10310732sewage

Search took 9 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 Filter178691825510.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit82551417.51610983.4
3Display Results41410.0301366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691417.96622431.7
 
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