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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 “swerve” 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.

32 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
swerve125629(None) 
serve85425961s_erve
swerved1455701swerved
swerver1365731swerver
swerves1377531swerves
nerve86617372_nerve
sere46153472s_er_e
serge64727472s_erge
served104616812s_erved
server94917712s_erver
serves94423652s_erves
servo84516682s_ervo
sheave124514002sheave
sheeve123412842sheeve
shelve124012762shelve
sieve84918842sie_ve
sleave94714152sleave
sleeve93411592sleeve
starve94613742starve
steeve93710902steeve
stere55328542ster_e
sware85828212swar_e
swede94413202swe_de
swervers1455212swervers
sweven1235982swe_ven
swive115316192sw_ive
swore84920822swor_e
twelve1234162twelve
verve115417722_verve
weave115218532_weave
were76238332_wer_e
wherve15568112wherve

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551322.54632423.8
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691322.88961852.2
 
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