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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 “engages” 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.

33 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
engages9291249(None) 
encages103313781encages
engage82812101engage_
engaged10379831engaged
engager9278601engager
engagers10246551engagers
enrages83114851enrages
anlages82414112anlages
enates64026432en_ates
encage93713502encage_
encaged113211082encaged
encases93116052encases
endgames1245422endgames
enfaces122110912enfaces
engines81114462engines
engorges1045752engorges
engraves1237232engraves
enlaces92313392enlaces
enlarges946082enlarges
enrage72715072enrage_
enraged93511782enraged
entases72816272entases
ergates8314492ergates
gages74529972__gages
incages103013882incages
ingates82716912ingates
innages82911302innages
menages103615392men_ages
negates83215842negates
reengages1145342reengages
tentages91011042tentages
uncages103213772uncages
ventages12119772ventages

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671333.01635699.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.40552479.0
 
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