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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 “encage” 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.

41 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
encage9371350(None) 
encaged113211081encaged
encages103313781encages
encase83714361encase
engage82812101engage
enrage72715071enrage
incage93513621incage
uncage93014871uncage
anlage72514222anlage
cage75339062__cage
enate54428142en_ate
encamp1235942encamp
encased103512312encased
encases93116052encases
encash11276942encash
enchase1239452enchase
enclave1257532enclave
encode9310442encode
encore8314772encore
enface112510352enface
engaged10379832engaged
engager9278602engager
engages92912492engages
enlace82213232enlace
enlarge835532enlarge
enraged93511782enraged
enrages83114852enrages
escape103811662escape
escuage1035112escuage
incaged114010442incaged
incages103013882incages
incase83615282incase
innage73011572innage
menage93216542men_age
socage91012122socage
tentage81010642tentage
uncaged113314122uncaged
uncages103213772uncages
uncake122813522uncake
uncase83817432uncase
ventage11109622ventage

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551415.03016411.7
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691415.17234549.7
 
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