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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 “spavies” 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.

55 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
spavies12301295(None) 
shavies134213211shavies
spavie113611381spavie_
spaviet123011931spaviet
spavins12419321spavins
cavies114525002_cavies
davies105020512_davies
gravies11314092gravies
heavies132713872heavies
mavies114923192_mavies
navies95218622_navies
paries84742512_paries
paves104833922_pav_es
pavins114919662_pavins
pavis106422732_pavi_s
pavise114714802_pavise
pavises125315492_pavises
peavies122213402peavies
sanies63031952s_anies
saves85838632s_av_es
savines104417632s_avines
savins93923132s_avins
savvies1337602savvies
scabies11613332scabies
shaves125224932shav_es
shavie124312422shavie_
slaves95023022slav_es
soaves94218672soav_es
spaces104722632spa_ces
spacier114011632spacier
spaciest122310902spaciest
spades94222582spa_des
spadices1336092spadices
spadixes1834112spadixes
spaes76029972spa__es
spahees1238262spahees
spahis11310382spahi_s
spails84817822spa_ils
spaits85017472spa_its
spales84728102spa_les
spaniel948922spaniel
spaniels1045962spaniels
spares84834552spa_res
sparges104016342sparges
sparids103512122sparids
spates85028172spa_tes
spathes125116532spathes
spavin114210652spavi_n
spavined1434332spavined
spazzes1735262spazzes
species11314132species
spies76037622sp__ies
staves94525192stav_es
swamies123712062swamies
wavies125019842_wavies

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 Limit107671553.28332796.5
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.68948438.9
 
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