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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 “ervil” 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
ervil831030(None) 
ervils948771ervils
evil75318071e_vil
anvil82712602anvil
argil65116882argil
aril45843022ar_il
arval86017012arval
brail75525552brail
broil74918222broil
cavil103816492cavil
cervid1239322cervid
cervix1865162cervix
chervil1534952chervil
civil103411932civil
derail74218812derail
devil94714732devil
drail65020972drail
email74715102email
evils84114262e_vils
fervid1337512fervid
frail85220212frail
gerbil938342gerbil
grail64622872grail
kevil12399862kevil
nervily1336862nervily
peril75425952per_il
rail46147762_rail
reoil55321182reoil
revel84423162revel
revile94921612revile
roil46235292_roil
serail64222672serail
serval93913412serval
servile10310642servile
trail55126772trail
weevil1295432weevil

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 Filter178691538000.640279204.7
2DLD Change Limit53800361.64032804.9
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.28078373.2
 
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