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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 “pavlova” 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.

31 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
pavlova154211(None) 
pavlovas1642421pavlovas
aloha8513623_a_loha
baklava1643103baklava
halloa94918123hallo_a
halva115414433ha_l_va
lavalava1441863lavalava
padlock1665813padlock
paella8410913pael_la
pagoda10487873pa_goda
pahlavi1542643pahlavi
pakora1247283pa_kora
palapa10310673pa_lapa
palea75028663pa_l_ea
pallia83015593pa_llia
pallor8313673pallo_r
pallors9314363pallors
palooka1344503palooka
pandora1039543pandora
parlor8312673parlo_r
parlors9312913parlors
parlour937263parlour
parlous9414293parlous
pavior1138533pavio_r
paviors1237603paviors
paviour1244623paviour
payload1336403payload
payola11208113pa_yola
pelota8612833p_elota
saliva93110743sa_liva
volva11399003__volva

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027316.31321230.3
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691316.73226543.5
 
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