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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 “avails” 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.

52 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
avails93969(None) 
avail8313881avail_
vails85825931_vails
aals49941142a_a_ls
agnails837002agnails
ails45654712__ails
anils56326722a_nils
anvils9219712anvils
argils75213622argils
arils58732202a_rils
assails769092assails
availed1135972availed
avians93711562avians
avoids104410202avoids
awaits96411952awaits
axils127217502a_xils
bails75933522_bails
brails84621292brails
camails11311752camails
cavils114014392cav_ils
drails74716952drails
emails84412342emails
evils84114262ev_ils
fails85631482_fails
flails94313002flails
frails93716472frails
gavials1136602gavials
grails77518782grails
hails85231642_hails
jails125422942_jails
kails95525212_kails
mails76037782_mails
nails55730402_nails
navaids1134802navaids
ovals85413392ova_ls
pails75833062_pails
quails153412642quails
rails55937402_rails
reavails1134852reavails
sails55738102_sails
snails64816652snails
spails84817822spails
swails94913122swails
tails55634192_tails
trails64622512trails
travails1146082travails
vail75432552_vail_
vairs85019132_vairs
vakils1337592vakils
veils84918802_veils
vials85822382_vials
wails86631482_wails

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551522.54632423.8
3Display Results52520.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691522.88961852.2
 
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