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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 “avail” 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.

65 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
avail831388(None) 
avails939691avails
vail75432551_vail
aal39058672a_a_l
aboil72217542aboil
again65218122again
agnail739532agnail
ail37171042__ail
amain74922912amain
anal48037522ana_l
anil46437432a_nil
anvil82712602anvil
argil65116882argil
aril45843022a_ril
arval86017012arva_l
assail6610152assail
ava610139322ava__
availed1135972availed
avant86224662avant
avast85519362avast
avian84616052avian
avid88325962av_id
avoid95516682avoid
await85524492await
axal116520492axa_l
axial124515192axial
axil116424452a_xil
bail65042802_bail
brail75525552brail
camail10314832camail
cavil103816492cav_il
drail65020972drail
email74715102email
evil75318072ev_il
fail74840242_fail
flail85316182flail
frail85220212frail
gavial10310082gavial
grail64622872grail
hail74839062_hail
jail115529092_jail
kail85131492_kail
mail65543452_mail
nail45838652_nail
navaid1037652navaid
naval85315832nava_l
oval77119522ova_l
pail66141832_pail
quail144314362quail
rail46147762_rail
reavail1035642reavail
sail45447162_sail
snail57020202snail
spail74921552spail
swail86217162swail
tail45443652_tail
trail55126772trail
travail1036552travail
vails85825932_vails
vain75233002_vain
vair75624142_vair
vakil1259792vakil
veil75523592_veil
vial76731092_vial
wail75238822_wail

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 Limit53800651.42337807.4
3Display Results65650.0135000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691651.749102167.5
 
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