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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 “sewages” 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.

42 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
sewages113975(None) 
sewage10310731sewage_
swages104417071s_wages
asswages1255052asswages
bewares12313372bewares
brewages1436382brewages
cowages13310942cowages
dewaxes18297842dewaxes
menages103615392menages
metages102714972metages
peages94321842pe_ages
pelages10714612pelages
rewakes144614982rewakes
rewaxes173911332rewaxes
sages65339062s__ages
savages1139972savages
seawares1139332seawares
sedates83418032sedates
sedges83817792se_dges
seepages1137282seepages
selvages1236512selvages
senates73322582senates
septages1168262septages
serapes95218102serapes
serfages1238232serfages
serges74225962se_rges
sesames9310742sesames
sewans95215902sewa_ns
sewars94018622sewa_rs
sewerages1345362sewerages
silages82514442silages
socages101012052socages
stages75629492s_tages
stowages1236472stowages
swage94919562s_wage_
swaged114212252s_waged
swager104013612s_wager
swagers114211022s_wagers
swags94921252s_wag_s
swales93920762s_wales
towages1139232towages
wages95330932__wages

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671425.48619626.5
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691425.63931688.4
 
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