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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 “savours” 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.

40 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
savours1038934(None) 
favours13437091favours
sapours93610621sapours
saviours1154271saviours
savors95616101savo_rs
savour94110701savour_
savoury13365871savoury
amours83512662_amours
devours1166642devours
dyvours1453182dyvours
favors124211402favo_rs
favour12438332favour_
flavours1434692flavours
haviours1443842haviours
labours9349892labours
paviours1343612paviours
sajous13310582sajou_s
salvors103910912salvo_rs
samburs11369342samburs
santours837182santours
santurs7310762santurs
sapors84118812sapo_rs
sapour83812372sapour_
savers93825922sav_ers
saviors1058992saviors
saviour1035212saviour_
savor85417942savo_r_
savorers1157222savorers
savory124310562savo_ry
savoured1234792savoured
savourer1134472savourer
savourers1243832savourers
savouries1245472savouries
savoys12427892savo_ys
scours84913592s_cours
sours55230502s__ours
stours65015632s_tours
tabours94110092tabours
valours10248742valours
vapours12277462vapours

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671403.15634116.3
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.55950208.2
 
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