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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 “pelage” 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.

53 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
pelage951536(None) 
peage84723571pe_age
pelages10714611pelages
plage84520401p_lage
anlage72514232anlage
degage92711382degage
delate73827752delate
deluge8189402deluge
elate55335882_elate
gelate73421262gelate
keelage1236182keelage
melange1038362melange
meltage1037952meltage
menage93216542menage
metage93114452metage
milage93414122milage
page76036102p__age
palace104516922palace
palate84226792palate
peace95026082pe_ace
peag75431342pe_ag_
peages94321852pe_ages
peags86122842pe_ags
pease75231112pe_ase
pedate93117762pedate
peerage1089802peerage
pelagic1237862pelagic
pele65539552pel__e
pelite84323002pelite
peltate92013772peltate
peonage1048722peonage
pesade9311102pesade
phage115113672p_hage
pillage103412602pillage
pipage1199142pipage
place94824612p_lace
plages94520152p_lages
plague93610852p_lague
plane74929142p_lane
plate74635112p_late
please84315732please
pledge10469492pledge
potage92715902potage
prelate9519692prelate
presage10312292presage
relace83122152relace
relate64033632relate
selvage1136552selvage
sewage10310732sewage
silage72715302silage
telae54323292tela_e
ullage739042ullage
velate93720142velate

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.53032628.9
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691532.88961852.2
 
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