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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 “portage” 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.

39 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
portage10301364(None) 
portaged12228461portaged
portages112613221portages
postage103214851postage
potage92715901po_tage
pottage103310601pottage
aortae65115472aorta_e
borage93917012bor_age
cartage10312592cartage
cordage11310062cordage
corkage1438372corkage
corsage1039802corsage
cortege1098952cortege
cottage104210572cottage
dotage82711612do_tage
footage1148842footage
forage104617002for_age
hostage113111232hostage
montage101211712montage
mortgage1244212mortgage
outage72017532_outage
partake1339642partake
plottage1144432plottage
portable12313202portable
portal84218462porta_l
portaled11239202portaled
portals94015562portals
portance12310122portance
porterage1245762porterage
postages112815322postages
potages102416422po_tages
pottages112910452pottages
protege1059152protege
reportage1245022reportage
rootage839052rootage
shortage1236312shortage
voltage1136862voltage
vorlage1136402vorlage
wordage1236502wordage

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671393.00035890.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.40652463.6
 
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