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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 “favors” 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.

71 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
favors12421140(None) 
favor114712451favor_
favours13437091favours
flavors1337291flavors
savors95616101savors
avers85127312_avers
avos77227012_avo_s
avows114910982_avows
bevors111610342bevors
cavers115026842cavers
cavort11316172cavort
cavorts1237932cavorts
facers115519442facers
factors12912122factors
faders105117462faders
fados95620732fado_s
fagots1039962fagots
fairs85825442fa_irs
fakers134219532fakers
fakirs13468082fakirs
famous11412392famous
fanons96115212fanons
fanos85926502fano_s
faqirs18456032faqirs
farers95924052farers
faros85532022faro_s
favas115618592fav_as
faves115331422fav_es
favored1455982favored
favorer1355882favorer
favorers1465492favorers
favour12438332favour
favus114311732fav_us
fervors1336232fervors
fetors91014472fetors
fevers125414892fevers
fivers124420922fivers
flavor1236662flavor_
flavory1644742flavory
flavours1434692flavours
floors94112352floors
fluors94311372fluors
furors9310952furors
gators74115832gators
gavots1038112gavots
havers124721482havers
haviors1347382haviors
havocs1435652havocs
labors84016412labors
lavers94526362lavers
majors154511092majors
manors84420882manors
mayors115714192mayors
navars92810572navars
pavers115021822pavers
paviors1237602paviors
payors114312642payors
ravers94628182ravers
razors154711662razors
salvors103910912salvors
sapors84118812sapors
savers93825922savers
saviors1058992saviors
savor85417942savor_
savory124310562savory
savours10389342savours
savoys12427892savoys
tabors84517112tabors
valors93413772valors
vapors113812692vapors
wavers125022472wavers

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551712.22037185.1
3Display Results71710.0135461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691712.57669367.6
 
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