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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 “usage” 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.

58 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
usage641021(None) 
sage55044591_sage
usages759601usages
adage7414052adage
age47154332__age
cage75339062_cage
cubage1178272cubage
dosage82810002dosage
gage65936102_gage
image81411292image
mage75739132_mage
outage72017532outage
page76036102_page
peage84723572peage
phage115113672phage
plage84520402plage
rage55742352_rage
sabe66140572_sabe
sade55544472_sade
sae38365182_sa_e
safe75930952_safe
sag46163402_sag_
saga55331172_saga
sager65432052_sager
sages65339062_sages
sago56332672_sago
sags55948402_sags
sagy85327082_sagy
sake85244962_sake
sale44959702_sale
same65245642_same
sane45954342_sane
sarge65531132_sarge
sate45556102_sate
sausage847192sausage
save75741362_save
stage65330192stage
suave83519872suave
surge65027692surge
swage94919562swage
tsade64311122tsade
ukase9428492ukase
ullage739042ullage
unaged83916422unaged
uncage93014872uncage
unsafe9310692unsafe
upstage10167442upstage
urare56322552urare
urase54624692urase
urate55432162urate
urge54722412u_rge
ursae55214452ursa_e
usable84012552usable
usance858012usance
use36835162us__e
usque14137732usque
visage1049082visage
wage84834082_wage

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800581.42337807.4
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691581.749102167.5
 
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