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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 “paviour” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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97 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
paviour124462(None) 
haviour1354821haviour
pavior1138541pavio_r
paviours1343611paviours
saviour1035211saviour
favour12438332fav_our
havior1248202havio_r
haviours1443842haviours
pandour10408212pandour
parlour937262parlour
paviors1237612paviors
paviser12489092paviser
savior9710172savio_r
saviours1154272saviours
savour94110702sav_our
amour75014853_a_mour
arbour84211333_arbour
ardour74110903_ardour
armour84411853_armour
avion84218343_avio_n
avions94114393_avions
behaviour1771473behaviour
candour104210243candour
carious93320283carious
caviar11310163cavi_ar
caviler1249063caviler
devious1138523devious
devour1076703dev_our
dyvour1393343dyv_our
envious1037223envious
faitour1034883faitour
favor114712453fav_o_r
favours13437093fav_ours
flavour1334633flav_our
harbour1247053harbour
haviors1347383haviors
labour84210933la_bour
obvious1244823obvious
pacier105018683paci_er
padouk1336683pa_douk
pair66031513pa_i__r
palier85023573pali_er
palikar1335463palikar
pallor8313683pallo_r
pandoor10358583pandoor
pandours11317993pandours
panicum1346393panicum
panier84425503pani_er
pantoum1138703pantoum
pappous1057463pappous
paramour1246083paramour
parlor8312683parlo_r
parlours1036153parlours
parlous9414293parlous
parous84024163pa_rous
pastor84817483pasto_r
patio74426363patio__
patios85221793patio_s
paver104225833pav__er
pavid115717003pavi__d
pavin105623203pavi__n
paving124519743pavi_ng
pavings134011633pavings
pavins114919663pavi_ns
pavis106422733pavi__s
pavise114714803pavi_se
pavisers13387443pavisers
pavises125315493pavises
pavisse12546813pavisse
pavlova1542113pavlova
pawnor11357243pawno_r
payor105413843pa_yo_r
payout11714653pa_yout
pervious1337543pervious
pious74621273p__ious
pluvious1344443pluvious
pour611527473p___our
previous1337833previous
prior74316173p_rio_r
rancour987133rancour
ravioli1055613ravioli
sanious7514103sanious
santour737373santour
sapour83812383sa_pour
saviors1058993saviors
savor85417943sav_o_r
savours10389343sav_ours
savoury13365873sav_oury
spacious1237813spacious
tabour84011323ta_bour
tambour1136353tambour
valour93010373va_lour
vapour11378873va_pour
various103113103various
vavasour14142083vavasour
vigour10256803__vigour
wavier124613083wavi_er

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit134027976.87319500.5
3Display Results97970.0303233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691977.31324434.7
 
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