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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 “favour” 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.

32 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
favour1243833(None) 
favor114712451favo_r
favours13437091favours
flavour1334631flavour
savour94110701savour
amour75014852_amour
devour1076702devour
dyvour1393342dyvour
faitour1034882faitour
famous11412392famous
favorer1355882favorer
favors124211402favors
favoured1533962favoured
favourer1443822favourer
favus114311732fav_us
fervour1343102fervour
flavor1236662flavo_r
flavours1434692flavours
flavoury1743062flavoury
flour84916452f_lour
four76226862f__our
haviour1354822haviour
labour84210932labour
paviour1244622paviour
sapour83812372sapour
saviour1035212saviour
savor85417942savo_r
savours10389342savours
savoury13365872savoury
tabour84011322tabour
valour93010372valour
vapour11378872vapour

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551322.54632423.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691322.92261153.7
 
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