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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 “pavlovas” 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.

27 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
pavlovas164242(None) 
pavlova1542111pavlova_
alohas9411703_a_lohas
baklavas1742783baklavas
halloas104318463hallo_as
halvas124714173ha_l_vas
lavalavas1551893lavalavas
padlocks1755473padlocks
paellas9411413pael_las
pagodas11367553pa_godas
pahlavis1643343pahlavis
pakoras1337473pa_koras
palapas11311493pa_lapas
pallors9314363pallo_rs
palookas1443843palookas
pandoras11310053pandoras
parlors9312913parlo_rs
parlours1036153parlours
parlous9414293parlo_us
paviors1237603pavio_rs
paviours1343613paviours
payload1336403paylo_ad
payloads1445293payloads
payolas12148973pa_yolas
pelotas9410723p_elotas
salivas10309603sa_livas
volvas12447993__volvas

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162277.18620339.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.62523434.9
 
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