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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 “lavages” 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.

37 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
lavages113860(None) 
gavages1237681gavages
lavage1038261lavage_
lovages1138031lovages
ravages1139401ravages
savages1139971savages
adages8412952_adages
cleavages1542862cleavages
damages11511272damages
garages9314112garages
gavage1137192gavage_
laager74312782la_ager
laagers83411252la_agers
larges74824232la_rges
lasagnes944782lasagnes
lavaboes1344432lavaboes
lavabos1235452lavabos
lavas85422222lava__s
lavashes1445572lavashes
laves86039152lav__es
leafages1244622leafages
leakages1334932leakages
linages8813172linages
lovage1037352lovage_
manages103418962manages
pavanes123612652pavanes
ravage1039302ravage_
ravaged1236492ravaged
ravager1136562ravager
ravagers1235582ravagers
rivages1138872rivages
salvages1238122salvages
savage10410172savage_
savaged1236992savaged
savager1137132savager
savagest1245762savagest
savates10312952savates

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671372.89037256.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.27954495.6
 
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