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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 “avert” 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.

89 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
avert8602949(None) 
advert103215781advert
alert54740651alert
aver75931881aver_
avers85127311avers
averts95715241averts
evert84929511evert
overt85630721overt
vert77249371_vert
abet610547942abe_t
abort76133582abort
acerb9312762acerb
adept81219642adept
advect12309122advect
advent102613752advent
adverb12265412adverb
adverts11308512adverts
aero45435342a_ero
aery77231682a_ery
agent65829642agent
ager55935842ager_
agers65027852agers
airt45757782a_irt
aiver85725162aiver_
aivers94822322aivers
alerts64418222alerts
ament76036542ament
amort75832202amort
anent54931842anent
apart74330672apart
aper66336232aper_
apers76629132apers
apery106517902apery
aport75432172aport
art38679142a__rt
assert64922582assert
avant86224662avant
avast85519362avast
ave67748702ave__
avens86419332avens
averse95811182averse
averted112211612averted
averter102410552averter
aves76142602ave_s
caveat11417722caveat
caver105629062caver_
cavern115312452cavern
cavers115026842cavers
cavort11316172cavort
chert105232102chert
covert114925502covert
divert103922812divert
event85924442event
ever77027692ever_
everts94514892everts
every115215452every
exert124624142exert
haver115124462haver_
havers124721482havers
inert53234372inert
invert94120082invert
laver85031792laver_
lavers94526362lavers
obvert11412992obvert
over77227342over_
overs85224792overs
paver104225832paver_
pavers115021822pavers
pert66759322_pert
raver85631492raver_
ravers94628182ravers
revert93529112revert
saver84831252saver_
savers93825922savers
tavern9428932tavern
vent76049052_vent
vera76828842_vera
verb96224872_verb
verst84429372_verst
verts85724732_verts
vertu85017612_vertu
very108025642_very
vest75743602_vest
vet65958522_ve_t
vext146927762_vext
waver115025702waver_
wavers125022472wavers
wavery154610052wavery
wert79749822_wert

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800891.53335094.6
3Display Results89890.0302966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691891.85996122.1
 
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