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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 “nival” 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.

55 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
nival8491577(None) 
naval85315831naval
nidal65217101nidal
rival85216501rival
animal85016252animal
arval86017012arval
binal75323822binal
civil103411932civil
dial55935062di_al
diva85920882diva_
divan96114842divan
divas95418582divas
final83922032final
invar839512invar
kiva116516412kiva_
kivas124614732kivas
nasal56217592nasal
natal53921492natal
navar83912732navar
navel87016572navel
nicad8312612nicad
nicol71113292nicol
nihil8410282nihil
nil36144192ni__l
nill45634302ni_ll
nipa69421632nipa_
nipas77116672nipas
nizam16310252nizam
nodal64717792nodal
nopal75517102nopal
notal55221352notal
nova76518952nova_
novae85913122novae
novas85215362novas
novel85615992novel
ogival1035872ogival
oval77119522_oval
pial65636702pi_al
pibal95217322pibal
pical95524372pical
pipal95118352pipal
rial45938092ri_al
rivals94213182rivals
riyal84413432riyal
sial45938832si_al
sisal54217732sisal
snivel9368852snivel
tical76021492tical
tidal64516442tidal
vial76731092vi_al
vinal85725812vinal
viral86419592viral
vital84819672vital
viva106119092viva_
vivas114815022vivas

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800551.59333772.8
3Display Results55550.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691551.88994595.6
 
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