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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 “villae” 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.

36 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
villae9561538(None) 
villa85321231villa_
village113610831village
villas96117261villas
axillae14248232axillae
billie85019172billie
bullae83416162bullae
cellae84915932cellae
fille84327402fill_e
gillie74816942gillie
killie104114892killie
millage103112752millage
mille75029132mill_e
pillage103412602pillage
pillar8314022pillar
rille55728732rill_e
silvae92811092silvae
tillage83111342tillage
vallate103016562vallate
vile76139802vi_l_e
vill75235072vill__
villager12267512villager
villages123010602villages
villain1038472villain
villi86517852vill_i
villose1038052villose
vills86429322vill_s
villus93611222villus
viola85915542viola_
violas93713522violas
violate10311552violate
vitae84217632vi_tae
vittae93911002vittae
vulvae12438032vulvae
willie94116452willie
zillah1836562zillah

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.59331836.1
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.91961216.5
 
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