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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 “bolivares” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
bolivares144472(None) 
bolivars1344971bolivar_s
bolivar1244852bolivar__
blares85021633b_l__ares
bloviates1484543bloviates
bolases93315003bol__ases
boldfaces1793223boldfaces
bolides10515073boli__des
bolivianos1551993bolivianos
bolivias1345393boliv_ias
bollards11339153bol_lards
bonifaces1643733bonifaces
boshvarks2141993boshvarks
boulevards1652063boulevards
foliages1247623foli_ages
foliates11412753foli_ates
goliards1045133goli_ards
livres94311863__liv_res
motivates1447073motivates
obligates12207853obligates
olivary1345163_olivar_y
olives94313953_oliv__es
olivines1137473_olivines
salivates1239293salivates
solitaires1044243solitaires
solitaries10410123solitaries
solvates11249673sol_vates

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641276.28023668.9
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691276.72026590.9
 
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