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

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

35 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
postages11281532(None) 
hostages122311691hostages
portages112613221portages
postage103214851postage_
potages102416421po_tages
pottages112910451pottages
apostates1149162apostates
boscages1366642boscages
boskages1565422boskages
cottages113310492cottages
dosages92310802dos_ages
dotages92311792do_tages
footages1239042footages
hostage113111232hostage_
montages111412182montages
outages82317322_outages
passages1139512passages
plottages1244242plottages
portage103013642portage_
portaged12228462portaged
postals93716372posta_ls
postbags1345292postbag_s
postdates1248852postdates
postfaces1656272postfaces
posties93128812post_ies
postures10313762postures
potage92715902po_tage_
pottage103310602pottage_
prostates11314422prostates
restages92815762restages
rootages939092rootages
stages75629492__stages
upstages11147372upstages
voltages1237252voltages
wastages12109752wastages

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 Filter1786911210590.236757165.3
2DLD Change Limit121059357.81015500.5
3Display Results35350.0331060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691358.07922118.0