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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 “portages” 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.

38 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
portages11261322(None) 
portage103013641portage_
portaged12228461portaged
postages112815321postages
potages102416421po_tages
pottages112910451pottages
borages103917162bor_ages
cartages11313312cartages
cordages12310112cordages
corkages1539102corkages
corsages11310362corsages
corteges1198822corteges
cottages113310492cottages
dotages92311792do_tages
footages1239052footages
forages114217282for_ages
hostages122311692hostages
montages111412182montages
mortgages1344022mortgages
outages82317322_outages
partakes1449922partakes
plottages1244242plottages
portables1337872portables
portaled11239202portaled
portals94015562porta_ls
portances1349832portances
porterages1345972porterages
postage103214852postage_
potage92715902po_tage_
pottage103310602pottage_
protases102115032protases
proteges1149922proteges
reportages1344382reportages
rootages939102rootages
shortages1336512shortages
voltages1237252voltages
vorlages1236032vorlages
wordages1337052wordages

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059383.37635858.7
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.78247247.8
 
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