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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 “every” 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.

73 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
every11521545(None) 
eery76129621e_ery
emery104814331emery
ever77027691ever_
evert84929511evert
revery124014211revery
veery115816251veery
very108025641_very
aery77231682_aery
apery106517902apery
aver75931882aver_
avers85127312avers
avert86029492avert
beery105220122beery
celery1139622celery
eatery95316352eatery
eely77725212e_ely
eger55923572eger_
egers65120372egers
elegy939302elegy
elver85216242elver_
elvers93814982elvers
empery1348682empery
enemy1059992enemy
energy10137512energy
entry82414262entry
eve66331162eve__
even75222272eve_n
evenly1236992evenly
evens84817102evens
event85924442event
everts94514892everts
eves76230462eve_s
ewer77523982ewer_
ewers86018822ewers
exert124624142exert
eyer76127282eyer_
eyers86521332eyers
eyry106315882e_yry
faery116015482faery
fever115617952fever_
fevers125414892fevers
fiery114714792fiery
ivory1137372ivory
leery85919132leery
lever85125162lever_
levers94621322levers
livery124910902livery
never86218642never_
onery8414122onery
ovary1149112ovary
over77227342over_
overly122411362overly
overs85224792overs
overt85630722overt
peery105719442peery
query174212082query
revelry1335692revelry
reverb113912572reverb
revere94621252revere
revers94529632revers
revert93529112revert
sever85426052sever_
severe94016082severe
severs94121122severs
vary105226062_vary
veer76229572veer_
veers84521362veers
venery123710662venery
vera76828842_vera
verb96224872_verb
vert77249372_vert
wavery154610052wavery

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800731.37339184.3
3Display Results73730.0332212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691731.719103950.6
 
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