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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 “downstage” 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.

30 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
downstage144337(None) 
downstages1543291downstages
downstate1344611downstate
downscale1543522downscale
downstair1352672downstair
downstater1453112downstater
downstates1444342downstates
onstage838362_o_nstage
dosage82810003do__s_age
dotage82711613do___tage
downgrade1543093downgrade
downrange1442323downrange
downscaled1752573downscaled
downscales1653283downscales
downside1345293downs_ide
downsize2144273downs_ize
downslide1443373downslide
downslope1553023downslope
downstairs1452513downstairs
downstaters1552073downstaters
downstroke1852143downstroke
downtime1444753down_time
forestage1346973forestage
hostage113111233ho__stage
montage101211713mo_n_tage
offstage1541903_offstage
postage103214853po__stage
soundstage1251323soundstage
townscape1652953townscape
wastage11109253__wastage

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641306.84621712.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.27924548.8
 
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