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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 “fovea” 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.

68 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
fovea1131048(None) 
foveae1237561foveae
foveal1237701foveal
foveas1238621foveas
bohea105013732bohea
cove95837072cove_
coved115027372coved
coven106925042coven
cover105430772cover
coves105539172coves
covet105638942covet
covey136121782covey
dove85131562dove_
doven94718552doven
doves94728152doves
fava106820262fav_a
fave105532962fave_
favela1237032favela
faves115331422faves
fever115617952fever
five107629742five_
fiver116024942fiver
fives116027362fives
flea75628492f_lea
foe66350812fo_e_
foes76543442fo_es
fogey125617872fogey
foley115222302foley
folia83618932folia
fora75937392fo_ra
fore78351472fore_
fores85847102fores
fossa85812632fossa
foveate1338362foveate
foveola13115012foveola
foxed165115212foxed
foxes156321092foxes
foyer116416552foyer
hove107132222hove_
hovel115017682hovel
hover115524132hover
love75234762love_
loved95021362loved
lover85526452lover
loves85332012loves
move96630722move_
moved114218152moved
mover104220862mover
moves106128422moves
nova76518952nov_a
novae85913122novae
novel85615992novel
novena936762novena
odea56224572_odea
olea46532722_olea
ova66823792_ov_a
oven76624142_oven
over77227342_over
rove75136982rove_
roved95323552roved
roven85521972roven
rover85527372rover
roves84834482roves
toea46732332to_ea
uvea74712652_uvea
wove105624312wove_
woven115215172woven
zoea137118422zo_ea

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 Limit53800681.65632487.9
3Display Results68680.0135230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691681.98290156.9
 
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