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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 “engage” 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.

33 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
engage8281210(None) 
encage93713501encage
engaged10379831engaged
engager9278601engager
engages92912491engages
enrage72715071enrage
anlage72514232anlage
degage92711382degage
enate54428152en_ate
encaged113211082encaged
encages103313782encages
encase83714362encase
endgame1145232endgame
enface112510352enface
engagers10246552engagers
engine71114862engine
engorge945542engorge
engrave1137132engrave
enlace82213232enlace
enlarge835532enlarge
enraged93511782enraged
enrages83114852enrages
ergate7315142ergate
gage65936102__gage
incage93513622incage
ingate73018242ingate
innage73011572innage
menage93216542men_age
negate72915572negate
reengage1045212reengage
tentage81010642tentage
uncage93014872uncage
ventage11109622ventage

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.29635954.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.65567303.6
 
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