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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 “halve” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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114 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
halve11481892(None) 
calve105919921calve
hale76052831hal_e
halva115414431halva
halved134813901halved
halves124717091halves
have106137071ha_ve
helve115018091helve
salve85022131salve
valve114515931valve
alae45643752_alae
ale36572342_al_e
alee46652322_alee
alive85722512_alive
alme65832162_alme
aloe45540192_aloe
ave67748702_a_ve
bale66353842bal_e
calved125215452calved
calves115119282calves
carve106227752carve
cave95941262ca_ve
clave105420152clave
dale55643982dal_e
delve96018262delve
eave75733582ea_ve
false84818122false
fauve114712072fauve
fave105532962fa_ve
gale56347322gal_e
gave84634052ga_ve
hade85440192ha_de
hae67364002ha__e
hake115637842ha_ke
halal85623592halal
haled95335822haled
haler85033522haler
hales85449842hales
half106238452hal_f
halid94424982halid
halide103417992halide
halite93624232halite
hall75741162hal_l
hallel93514092hallel
hallo85127552hallo
halls85633782halls
halm95834972hal_m
halma108219252halma
halms105225212halms
halo76437322hal_o
haloed104717602haloed
haloes94623862haloes
halon86124862halon
halos85230252halos
halt76056302hal_t
halted105019602halted
halter94420882halter
halts85230102halts
halvah15499832halvah
halvas124714172halvas
halvers133311422halvers
hame97043132ha_me
hance105424152hance
hanse85722792hanse
haole84820082haole
hare76255732ha_re
haste85927862haste
hate78450172ha_te
haute89521612haute
haven114718532ha_ven
haver115124462ha_ver
haves116034872ha_ves
hawse116015122hawse
haze164833392ha_ze
heave114521812heave
helved134313702helved
helves124316062helves
hive106029672h_ive
hole77553392hol_e
hove107132222h_ove
kale86533752kal_e
lave75642142la_ve
male66052302mal_e
mauve104013272mauve
naive85116212naive
nave75732312na_ve
pale66055012pal_e
parve109824852parve
pave96133892pa_ve
rale45050562ral_e
rave75542092ra_ve
sale44959702sal_e
salved103916422salved
salver94617752salver
salves94221762salves
salvo84415642salvo
save75741362sa_ve
shale85332832shal_e
shave114425892sha_ve
shelve124012762shelve
slave84224032slave
solve85618942solve
tale46154162tal_e
vale74937342val_e
valse85117522valse
value85719092value
valved136711042valved
valves124113782valves
varve115716852varve
waive114214602waive
wale74546432wal_e
wave105234732wa_ve
whale115517432whal_e
wharve15456202wharve

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 Limit538001141.53035163.4
3Display Results1141140.0333454.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911141.87695251.1
 
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