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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 “avoidably” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
avoidably1811324(None) 
avoidable15124741avoidable
availably1743252availably
avowably1944002avo_wably
unavoidably2052642unavoidably
voidable1466852_voidable
abominably1952633abominably
admirably1743883admirably
adorably1446443ado_rably
advisably1843073advisably
affordably2251833affordably
amiably1438303a_mi_ably
amicably1746333a_micably
anodally1246293ano_dally
available1444903available
avidly13548783av_id__ly
avoidance1543723avoidance
avowable1635453avo_wable
favorably2043603favo_rably
navigably1843433nav_igably
ovoidal1144023ovoida_l_
ovoidals1242503ovoida_ls
unavoidable1753763unavoidable
variably1637433vari_ably
viably14199833_v_i_ably
violably1644923_violably
vocably17157153_vo_cably

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641277.11020905.9
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.54623680.2
 
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