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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 “marvelous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
marvelous144437(None) 
marvellous1552161marvellous
marvelously1953042marvelously
marvels123810092marvel__s
acoelous1047023_acoelous
alveolus1143023_alveolus
arenous7314183_ar_enous
arsenous847533_arsenous
carvels124914593carvel__s
garrulous1043313garrulous
larcenous1145013larcenous
malleolus1143513malleolus
marabous1249063mar_abous
marcels113212373marcel__s
marplots1245633mar_plots
martellos1144393martellos
marvel113712003marvel___
marveled1436433marvel_ed
marveling1537103marveling
marvelled1544963marvelled
matelots1047533ma_telots
murderous1244663murderous
parlous9414293par__lous
parvenus1335653parve_nus
ravenous1146793ra_venous
saveloys1444013sa_veloys
travelogs1343383travelogs
variolous1244983variolous

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.56319653.7
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.99922339.2
 
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