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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 “ervils” 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.

33 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
ervils94877(None) 
ervil8310301ervil_
evils84114261e_vils
anvils9219712anvils
argils75213622argils
arils58732202ar_ils
brails84621292brails
broils84114172broils
cavils114014392cavils
chervils1644552chervils
derails84216392derails
devils104412812devils
drails74716952drails
emails84412342emails
envies9314052envies
evil75318072e_vil_
frails93716472frails
gerbils1037302gerbils
grails77518782grails
kevils13358332kevils
nervily1336862nervily
perils84121852per_ils
rails55937402_rails
reoils64516872reoils
revels94220572revels
revile94921612revile
reviles104421352reviles
roils54826792_roils
serails73318362serails
servals103410752servals
servile10310642servile
trails64622512trails
weevils1384682weevils

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551333.64022678.8
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.98344863.4
 
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