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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 “selvas” 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.

53 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
selvas9381291(None) 
selva83014271selva_
selves94119611selves
silvas92912181silvas
sylvas12288171sylvas
belgas9311712belgas
deltas74414822deltas
delves104917082delves
devas96218882de_vas
elves85118742_elves
fellas95116962fellas
halvas124714172halvas
helves124316062helves
pelves114514662pelves
pelvis113610322pelvis
salivas10309602salivas
salpas85116922salpas
salsas65316132salsas
salves94221762salves
salvias10279932salvias
salvos94613382salvos
seas45755272se__as
selah8319612sel_ah
selahs9313212selahs
selfs85220242sel_fs
selles64426982selles
sells55134432sel_ls
sels46345982sel__s
selvage1136552selvage
selvages1236512selvages
sennas64214232sennas
sepias83616102sepias
serval93913412serval
servals103410742servals
serves94423652serves
servos93812722servos
sheltas10279672sheltas
shelves134112092shelves
shivas124512412shivas
silva82714022silva_
silvae92811092silvae
silvan92810152silvan
silvans10308332silvans
solves95018222solves
stellas72813042stellas
sulfas9311562sulfas
sylva11268442sylva_
sylvae12236862sylvae
sylvan12257362sylvan
sylvans13235892sylvans
ulvas84511502_ulvas
volvas12447992volvas
vulvas12388842vulvas

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.25036689.3
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691532.60968490.2
 
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