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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forportrayals” 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.

13 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
portrayals155200(None) 
portrayal1442471portrayal_
portrayers1553602portrayers
portrays1345292portray__s
arrayals1154483_ar_rayals
betrayals1442963_betrayals
portals94015563port___als
portapaks1742133port_apaks
portraits1146803portra_its
portray1237483portray___
portrayed1564103portray_ed
portrayer1464003portray_er
portraying1645163portraying

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603136.37322062.3
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691136.79626293.6