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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 “plover” 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.

91 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
plover11531261(None) 
clover114617121clover
glover104513531glover
lover85526451_lover
plovers123611831plovers
plower114315061plower
prover113819721prover
allover1038582allover
blower115316572blower
claver113816972claver
clever114611532clever
cloner84418092cloner
closer84918202closer
clove105619442clove_
cloven114211512cloven
clovers125114662clovers
clovery15407402clovery
cloves114918822cloves
cover105430772_cover
drover104614592drover
eloper85414152eloper
elver85216242el_ver
flower124815502flower
flyover1633512flyover
glove94516292glove_
gloved114811872gloved
glovers114310882glovers
gloves104115182gloves
glower105114932glower
hoover124314432hoover
hover115524132_hover
laver85031792_laver
lever85125162_lever
liver85132962_liver
loner55431042_loner
loper75129232_loper
loser54728672_loser
louver94110392_louver
love75234762_love_
loved95021362_loved
lovers94223432_lovers
loves85332012_loves
lower85830412_lower
mover104220862_mover
over77227342__over
palaver1238752palaver
paver104225832p_aver
placer105117742placer
planer84122662planer
plater84427692plater
player115215212player
plier75221282pl_ier
plodder1146012plodder
plotter94113662plotter
plowed124213202plowed
plowers123812242plowers
ployed124310562ployed
plyer106214332pl_yer
poker115122882p_oker
polder94019252polder
poler74431792p_oler
poller83921852poller
pooler83819842pooler
poorer82613992poorer
poove104514302poove_
pooves113914712pooves
popover1495842popover
poser75128772p_oser
power105325952p_ower
prober104516072prober
proper104319952proper
proser84223462proser
prove104823192prove_
proved125016032proved
proven114314772proven
proverb14378212proverb
provers123817792provers
proves114322252proves
prower114218122prower
pullover13134642pullover
rover85527372_rover
shover124515992shover
slaver94419612slaver
sliver94116592sliver
sloper84615912sloper
sloven9389632sloven
slower94016152slower
solver94016702solver
stover94115642stover
trover95014662trover
wolver12419712wolver

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551912.61031628.7
3Display Results91910.0165687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691912.98259923.2
 
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