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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 “pelves” 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.

99 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
pelves11451466(None) 
delves104917081delves
elves85118741_elves
helves124316061helves
peeves113814871peeves
peles75738081pel_es
pelvis113610321pelvis
selves94119611selves
beeves114615042beeves
belies84631052belies
belles85325992belles
calves115119282calves
deaves105319532deaves
deles65139252del_es
delve96018262delve_
delved114112752delved
delver104913492delver
delvers113411992delvers
eaves85231992_eaves
elver85216242_elver
elvers93814982_elvers
eves76230462_e_ves
gelees74116262gelees
halves124717092halves
heaves124120302heaves
helve115018092helve_
helved134313702helved
keeves133711992keeves
leaves94222382leaves
melees83618082melees
nerves94216192nerves
neves87021872ne_ves
pales75753802pal_es
paves104833922p_aves
peaces106324082peaces
peages94321852peages
peases85229472peases
peavey14398792peavey
peaveys15324062peaveys
peavies122213402peavies
pedes85327292pe_des
pees65257372pe__es
peeve104915252peeve_
peeved124112892peeved
peises84125042peises
pekes114623562pe_kes
pekoes124410422pekoes
pelages10714612pelages
pele65539552pel_e_
pelfs105016292pel_fs
pelites93821992pelites
pellet83326552pellet
pellets94014782pellets
pelmet103419242pelmet
pelmets11309692pelmets
pelted94617762pelted
pelter83321622pelter
pelters93720312pelters
pelts76128812pel_ts
pelvic13307552pelvic
pelvics14245642pelvics
pelvises1337272pelvises
penes75839222pe_nes
peones83821042peones
peres76246642pe_res
perses85428062perses
pervs105117372perv_s
pewees11311392pewees
piles74742612pil_es
plebes104313622plebes
plexes155313542plexes
plies74526512p_lies
poles75351002pol_es
polies84034582polies
pooves113914712pooves
prelives13310382prelives
proves114322252proves
pules74538812pul_es
pulses83818662pulses
reaves94127572reaves
reeves94721492reeves
reives95723042reives
releves103914972releves
relies65036422relies
relives104619442relives
salves94221762salves
selles64426982selles
selvas93812912selvas
serves94423652serves
shelves134112092shelves
solves95018222solves
teles54536002tel_es
twelves1334302twelves
valves124113782valves
velvet123613752velvet
velvets13326692velvets
verves124617882verves
weaves123616372weaves
wolves124510852wolves

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 Limit82551992.18637763.5
3Display Results99990.0333000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691992.56269746.7
 
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