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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 “proteges” 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.

28 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
proteges114992(None) 
protege1059151protege_
protegee1156961protegee
protegees1275391protegees
corteges1198822corteges
portages112613222portages
potages102416422p_otages
proettes10312762proettes
prolegs10379992proleg_s
propenes122816512propenes
protases102115032protases
proteans102811542proteans
proteas92015122prote_as
protease10209892protease
proteases112110832proteases
protects1239742protects
proteides12238792proteides
proteids11259952proteids
proteins102114282proteins
protends113010352protends
proteomes13248652proteomes
proteose10229412proteose
proteoses112211012proteoses
protests10310492protests
proteus92511592prote_us
proteuses11238992proteuses
protheses1449072protheses
protyles13249832protyles

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 Filter1786911210590.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121059283.90630993.1
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.37540843.7
 
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