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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 “evils” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

104 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
evils8411426(None) 
devils104412811devils
ervils948771ervils
evil75318071evil_
kevils13358331kevils
veils84918801veils
ails45654712_ails
anils56326722anils
anvils9219712anvils
arils58732202arils
avails939692avails
axils127217502axils
bails75933522bails
bevels113913982bevels
bevies114017302bevies
bezils1711310602bezils
boils75427192boils
cavils114014392cavils
ceils75019402ceils
coils75030082coils
deils65722862deils
devels104313902devels
devil94714732devil_
earls56127512earls
edile64819492edile
ediles74016982ediles
edits65819032edits
eels46536742e_els
egis56520652egi_s
ells46431352e_lls
els37645722e__ls
emails84412342emails
emirs76116162emirs
emits75421472emits
enols54718402enols
envies9314052envies
epics95014282epics
ervil8310302ervil_
evens84817102evens
eves76230462ev_es
evict104417142evict
evicts11368552evicts
eviler94811892eviler
evilest10310472evilest
evilly1236592evilly
evite85317682evite
evites94916472evites
evulse935212evulse
exile126117652exile
exiles134816402exiles
exits125515912exits
fails85631482fails
fils75838692_fils
foils85025812foils
hails85231642hails
heils85222192heils
ivies84215762ivies
jails125422942jails
kails95525212kails
kevels134410712kevels
kevil12399862kevil_
levels94113282levels
levies93919862levies
levins94514652levins
levis85818552levi_s
mails76037782mails
mils66045332_mils
moils76125752moils
nails55730402nails
nils46132452_nils
noils55024332noils
oils46337972_oils
ovals85413392ovals
pails75833062pails
perils84121852perils
rails55937402rails
reoils64516872reoils
revels94220572revels
revile94921612revile
reviles104421352reviles
roils54826792roils
sails55738102sails
soils55327982soils
tails55634192tails
tils45739612_tils
toils54527492toils
vails85825932vails
veals84926192veals
veil75523592veil_
veins84620492veins
vexils1647172vexils
vials85822382_vials
vids85627542_vids
vies75238622_vies
vigs85427272_vigs
vile76139802_vile
vill75235072_vill
vills86429322_vills
vims95423312_vims
viols86118102_viols
virls85618602_virls
vis66747612_vi_s
wails86631482wails
weevils1384682weevils

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 Limit538001041.37339184.3
3Display Results1041040.0333151.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911041.719103950.6
 
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