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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 “fosterage” 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.

32 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
fosterage134466(None) 
fosterages1444771fosterages
porterage1245762porterage
absterge1154083abster_ge
cooperage1465263cooperage
coverage1438733co_verage
esterase849483_esterase
factorage1543363factorage
flowerage1643103flowerage
footage1148843foot__age
footrace1346413foot_race
forage104617003fo___rage
foster94322223foster___
fostered122210453foster_ed
fosterer11239523foster_er
fosterers12238023fosterers
fostering132411263fostering
fosters104220103foster__s
fuselage1243553fus_elage
hostage113111233host__age
interage9314493_interage
meterage1147933_meterage
outrage82616893_out_rage
overage11514053_o_verage
pasturage1244923pasturage
porterages1345973porterages
postage103214853post__age
postrace12310543post_race
rostrate8313843rost_rate
steerage946833__steerage
storage8310473__storage
waterage1248663_waterage

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641326.25023782.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.67226782.2
 
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