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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 “selves” 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.

126 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
selves9411961(None) 
delves104917081delves
elves85118741_elves
helves124316061helves
pelves114514661pelves
salves94221761salves
selles64426981selles
selvas93812911selvas
serves94423651serves
shelves134112091shelves
solves95018221solves
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
keeves133711982keeves
leaves94222382leaves
melees83618082melees
nerves94216192nerves
neves87021872ne_ves
peeves113814872peeves
peles75738082pel_es
pelvis113610322pelvis
reaves94127572reaves
reeves94721492reeves
reives95723042reives
releves103914972releves
relies65036422relies
relives104619442relives
sales56055592sal_es
salve85022132salve_
salved103916422salved
salver94617752salver
salvers103916002salvers
salvoes102811312salvoes
salvos94613382salvos
saves85838632s_aves
sedges83817792sedges
sees45361052se__es
segues7412072segues
seines65029902seines
seises64026712seises
seizes154317532seizes
selahs9313212selahs
selfed10310912selfed
selfs85220242sel_fs
selkies113513352selkies
selle54428312selle_
seller63824592seller
sellers73721312sellers
sells55134432sel_ls
sels46345982sel__s
selva83014272selv_a
selvages1236512selvages
semes75731582se_mes
senses63923942senses
sepses84515882sepses
seres55448892se_res
serges74225962serges
series64540972series
serve85425962serve_
served104616812served
server94917712server
servers103214832servers
servos93812722servos
seven84118312se_ven
sevens93813662se_vens
sever85426052se_ver
severs94121122se_vers
sexes126126222se_xes
shaves125224932shaves
sheaves134412972sheaves
sheeves133911952sheeves
shelve124012762shelve_
shelved14379932shelved
shelver134211062shelver
shelvers14388812shelvers
shives124921412shives
shoves124919422shoves
sieves93216002sieves
silvas92912182silvas
silver93815812silver
silvers104714042silvers
silvex16336722silvex
skives134113942skives
slaves95023022slaves
sleaves103813202sleaves
sleeves103311342sleeves
sloes54728872s_loes
slues54527172s_lues
soaves94218672soaves
soles55547922sol_es
solve85618942solve_
solved105312932solved
solver94016702solver
solvers104414252solvers
staves94525192staves
steeves103410902steeves
steles63725662stel_es
stoves93818922stoves
swerves1377532swerves
swives123915182swives
sylvas12288172sylvas
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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit825511262.45333653.1
3Display Results1261260.0462739.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911262.60968490.2
 
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