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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 “gravel” 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.

85 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
gravel10531382(None) 
gavel95815181g_avel
grave94624871grave_
graved114818811graved
gravels113611141gravels
gravely14469061gravely
graven104513521graven
graver105018591graver
graves104624001graves
grovel104310541grovel
ravel84621511_ravel
travel94112981travel
brave104925502brave_
braved124817442braved
bravely15428232bravely
braver114719042braver
braves115524082braves
caravel1238212caravel
carvel114817572carvel
crave105626312crave_
craved125417772craved
craven114113932craven
craver114618472craver
craves115825392craves
drave95219272drave_
drivel105110382drivel
garvey13127872garvey
gave84634052g_ave_
gavels105911092g_avels
graal64316502gra_al
graben9419722graben
grace85124542grace_
graced105217902graced
graces94523492graces
grade75126092grade_
graded94919552graded
grader84919692grader
grades84926312grades
grail64622872gra_il
grape84824662grape_
grapes95123122grapes
grapey126012302grapey
grapnel1035602grapnel
grate64932882grate_
grated84523922grated
grater74625442grater
grates75429892grates
graupel1034132graupel
graveled13417362graveled
gravelly15385772gravelly
gravers114515272gravers
gravest114011632gravest
gravid113710982gravid
gravies11314092gravies
gravy125512112grav_y
grayed115415642grayed
grayer106014542grayer
graze155820052graze_
grazed174115912grazed
grazer164815762grazer
grazes164519642grazes
greave104611492greave_
greaved12408912greaved
greaves113311442greaves
grivet103517822grivet
grove95219332grove_
groved114413702groved
grovels11427812grovels
groves104318102groves
gruel66014742gr_uel
marvel113712002marvel
navel87016572_navel
ratel54224882_ratel
rave75542092_rave_
raved94931432_raved
ravels94717072_ravels
raven84723442_raven
raver85631492_raver
raves85441972_raves
revel84423162_revel
tramel84113712tramel
trave85223032trave_
travels104711292travels
traves94222742traves
unravel1038062unravel

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551852.89028564.4
3Display Results85850.0302833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691853.26354762.8
 
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