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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 “servile” 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.

30 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
servile1031064(None) 
service1239091service
cervine122610802cervine
ervil8310302_ervil_
ervils948772_ervils
fertile10311732fertile
nervily1336862nervily
nervine102510632nervine
nervule1044942nervule
revile94921612re_vile
sectile9311972sectile
sedile73517232se_dile
senile63420212se_nile
serail64222672serail_
serails73318362serails
serine65432672ser_ine
servable13310092servable
serval93913412serval_
servals103410752servals
serve85425962serv__e
serviced1435612serviced
servicer1335262servicer
services1338572services
servilely1543802servilely
serving113014982serving
sessile739522sessile
sextile1438572sextile
sterile7316602ster_ile
survive1335932survive
verbile1249862verbile

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit107671303.53030501.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.32941277.7
 
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