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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 “lovage” 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.

36 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
lovage103735(None) 
lavage1038261lavage
lovages1138031lovages
borage93917012borage
cowage12310672cowage
dosage82810002dosage
dotage82711612dotage
flotage1136682flotage
flowage1435722flowage
forage104617002forage
gavage1137192gavage
homage121210602homage
lavages1138602lavages
linage7713402linage
lobate82915242lobate
locale83915652locale
locate83919842locate
lockage1436612lockage
lodge76520092lo_dge
loge56837192lo__ge
longe66626462lo_nge
lounge75211212lounge
lovable12179552lovable
lovat8321042lova_t
lovats939072lovats
love75234762lov__e
nonage7313682nonage
novae85913122nova_e
ovate84214392_ovate
potage92715902potage
ravage1039302ravage
rivage1038842rivage
savage10410172savage
socage91012122socage
towage1039832towage
voyage1335472voyage

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.29635954.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691362.68566551.6
 
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