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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 “velar” 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.

85 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
velar8581763(None) 
vela75725541vela_
velars93913721velars
volar86917411volar
alar46340072_alar
bear66844642be_ar
belay105021522belay
blear75918682blear
bolar75123472bolar
cedar84014322cedar
cellar84514982cellar
clear76219052clear
dear55343602de_ar
debar85517862debar
delay94820632delay
denar65223292denar
dewar95817732dewar
ear36867882_e_ar
elan46734242_elan
fear75337792fe_ar
feuar8310242feuar
filar84819292filar
gear55934972ge_ar
gular6314832gular
hear76143882he_ar
hilar85418142hilar
kebar115113532kebar
lar37967532__lar
lear47045952le_ar
malar76424442malar
medlar93010462medlar
molar75223092molar
mylar105311532mylar
near45236502ne_ar
ovular946832ovular
pear69745232pe_ar
pedlar93311272pedlar
pilar75221502pilar
polar75623452polar
rear45644552re_ar
rebar75420192rebar
relax124817802relax
relay84424672relay
sear47353842se_ar
selah8319612selah
sewar85421102sewar
solar55927342solar
stelar64013862stelar
talar56225382talar
tear45242882te_ar
tela45532972tela_
telae54323292telae
tolar55524112tolar
uvular955562uvular
valor83614892valor
valvar12388652valvar
var66148332v__ar
veal76936812ve_al
vealer94016542vealer
veals84926192veals
vealy115817772vealy
veer76229572ve_er
vegan95114152vegan
veiler93814352veiler
velaria1038922velaria
velate93720142velate
velcro1144132velcro
veld85323202vel_d
velds95615582velds
veldt94819862veldt
velour9328762velour
velum10713382velum
velure939772velure
vena76126292vena_
venae85920982venae
venal85523212venal
venular1037682venular
vera76828842vera_
vexer155513522vexer
vicar10513862vicar
viler86324162viler
vulgar10426822vulgar
vulvar12427962vulvar
wear75836722we_ar
year76534252ye_ar

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.57634137.1
3Display Results85850.0165312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691851.90593801.0
 
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