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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 “portrayer” 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.

32 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
portrayer146400(None) 
portrayed1564101portrayed
portrayers1553601portrayers
portray1237482portray__
portrayal1442472portrayal
portrays1345292portray_s
arrayer10136703_ar_rayer
betrayer1345643_betrayer
forayer13368953fo__rayer
forrader1236153for_rader
mortgager1342513mortgager
partaker1436873part_aker
partyer12337873part__yer
portage103013643port_age_
portaged12228463port_aged
portages112613223port_ages
portaled11239203port_aled
porter84224413port___er
porterage1245763porterage_
porterages1345973porterages
portioner1158683portioner
portlier1038373port_lier
portrait10510323portra_it
portraits1146803portraits
portrayals1552003portrayals
portraying1645163portraying
postrace12310543postrace_
postrider1246653postrider
prayer114815293p___rayer
programer1475603programer
protrade1148213protrade_
strayer104312503__strayer

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641327.81319024.8
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691328.21621749.1
 
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