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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 “favours” 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
favours1343709(None) 
favors124211401favo_rs
favour12438331favour_
flavours1434691flavours
savours10389341savours
amours83512662_amours
devours1166642devours
dyvours1453182dyvours
faitours1134262faitours
famous11412392famou_s
favor114712452favo_r_
favorers1465492favorers
favoured1533962favoured
favourer1443822favourer
favourers1543122favourers
favus114311732fav_u_s
fervours1453052fervours
flavors1337292flavo_rs
flavour1334632flavour_
flavoury1743062flavoury
flours94414052f_lours
fours85521492f__ours
haviours1443842haviours
labours9349892labours
paviours1343612paviours
sapours93610622sapours
saviours1154272saviours
savors95616102savo_rs
savour94110702savour_
savoury13365872savoury
tabours94110092tabours
valours10248742valours
vapours12277462vapours

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit107671333.09334811.2
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.57949927.6
 
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