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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 “bovids” 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
bovids128797(None) 
bovid111011621bovid_
avoids104410202avoids
bevies114017302bevies
bids75838452b__ids
boards94616932boards
bodies94524142bodies
bods76244712bo__ds
bogies94724312bogies
boils75427192bo_ils
bolds85825282bo_lds
bolide9515562bolide
bolides10515072bolides
bonds86126842bo_nds
boride9415902boride
borides10515152borides
bounds94415802bounds
bovine11712432bovine
bovines12412662bovines
braids95015692braids
bromids12278602bromids
corvids1337682corvids
covins114618062covins
iodids83711152iodids
loids66220702lo_ids
movies115118452movies
ootids71110352ootids
ovoids10456922_ovoids
oxids13128962_oxids
solids74116402solids
vids85627542__vids
voids95414672vo_ids
zooids1637092zooids

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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551332.43633887.9
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691332.82663231.1
 
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