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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 “forestages” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

50 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
forestages144673(None) 
forestage1346971forestage_
forestalls1345802forestalls
forestays1546622foresta_ys
forestries1348552forestries
restages92815772__restages
corsages11310363cor_s_ages
curettages1342353curettages
downstages1543293downstages
dressages1144153_dressages
firestones1347113firestones
footages1239053fo__otages
forages114217283for___ages
foredates13310053fore_dates
forefaces1747133fore_faces
forejudges2252243forejudges
forenames1447543fore_names
foresails1247153fores_ails
foresees11311643fores__ees
foreshanks2043833foreshanks
foreshores16107403foreshores
foresides1339703fores_ides
forespake18105233forespake_
forestal11410283foresta__l
forestall1246913foresta_ll
forestalled1553383forestalled
forestaller1453253forestaller
forestallers1552503forestallers
forestay1448193foresta__y
forested12312463forest__ed
forester11313673forest__er
foresters12312533forest_ers
forestlands1552143forestlands
forests104114953forest___s
foretastes1375593fore_tastes
foretimes1447453fore_times
forsakes1536893for_s_akes
frontages13116183f_rontages
frottages1384993f_rottages
fruitages1344483f_ruitages
hostages122311693ho__stages
offstages1652033_offstages
parentages1345483parentages
portages112613223por__tages
postages112815323po__stages
presages11312203_pres_ages
prestiges12310593_prestiges
restage83316193__restage_
restaged103011863__restaged
restates83423433__restates

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603507.11019775.4
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691507.29624491.6
 
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