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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 “hostages” 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.

25 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
hostages12231169(None) 
hostage113111231hostage_
postages112815321postages
boscages1366642boscages
boskages1565422boskages
cottages113310492cottages
dosages92310802dos_ages
dotages92311792do_tages
footages1239052footages
homages131011592ho_mages
hostas94515832hosta__s
hostiles11312212hostiles
montages111412182montages
outages82317322_outages
portages112613222portages
postage103214852postage_
potages102416422po_tages
pottages112910452pottages
restages92815772restages
rootages939102rootages
shortages1336512shortages
stages75629492__stages
upstages11147372upstages
voltages1237252voltages
wastages12109752wastages

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059253.87631233.0
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691254.27941760.0
 
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