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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 “nova” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

142 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
nova7651895(None) 
noma67529461noma
nona46929061nona
nota46830771nota
novae85913121novae
novas85215361novas
ova66823791_ova
anoa45634472ano_a
ava610139322_ava
boa56954032bo_a
bola66035562bola
bora66141632bora
bota66236502bota
coca88030642coca
coda77029342coda
cola66541392cola
coma87134852coma
cove95837072cove
coxa136922962coxa
deva85720982deva
diva85920882diva
dona55529632dona
dopa77220902dopa
dove85131562dove
fava106820262fava
fora75937392fora
fovea11310482fovea
goa47343802go_a
hora76136562hora
hove107132222hove
hoya107418372hoya
iota45127832iota
java147316642java
jota116423622jota
kava115819702kava
kiva116516412kiva
koa76737772ko_a
kola85124962kola
kora86431552kora
lava76725422lava
leva77020712leva
loca65527682loca
lota47233502lota
lovat8321042lovat
love75234762love
moa57249182mo_a
mola66035632mola
mora66641272mora
move96630722move
moxa136917742moxa
na28652482n__a
nada58022902nada
nala46930392nala
nana46632902nana
napa66927262napa
naval85315832naval
navar83912732navar
nave75732312nave
navy107518632navy
nema65522522nema
neve76224832neve
nevi75116422nevi
nipa69421632nipa
nival84915772nival
no29353242no__
nob58954422no_b
nobs66436902nobs
nock106127182nock
nod47549562no_d
nodal64717792nodal
node513036882node
nodi56626742nodi
nods55838222nods
noel45226552noel
noes45845392noes
nog46847312no_g
nogg65115942nogg
nogs56534612nogs
noh66640642no_h
noil46133242noil
noir46722432noir
nolo46229312nolo
nom510450642no_m
nomad86016182nomad
nomas74726412nomas
nome66038422nome
noms65636402noms
nonas55126652nonas
none45743172none
noo37154042no_o
nook85728492nook
noon47134622noon
nopal75517102nopal
nope65934192nope
nor38048822no_r
nori47133142nori
noria55722182noria
norm66429812norm
nos38859322no_s
nose46739362nose
nosh76223542nosh
nosy76322892nosy
not39474662no_t
notal55221352notal
note46239962note
noun45724182noun
nous46136982nous
novel85615992novel
novena936762novena
now65950192no_w
noway111112842noway
nows75738232nows
nowt78833752nowt
oba57531552_oba
oca56731732_oca
oda48133042_oda
oka76926802_oka
ora37250832_ora
oval77119522_oval
rota45834342rota
rove75136982rove
soba64927922soba
soca66330052soca
soda56329382soda
sofa75625602sofa
soja115619512soja
sola45541862sola
soma65635292soma
sora45746912sora
soya75724432soya
toea46732332toea
toga57027412toga
tola45236332tola
tora47545992tora
ulva75412692ulva
viva106119092viva
volva11399002volva
wove105624312wove
yoga87418052yoga
zoa128529992zo_a
zoea137118422zoea
zona136321962zona

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721420.84335435.3
3Display Results1421420.0463087.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911421.169152858.0
 
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