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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 “velvet” 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.

33 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
velvet12361375(None) 
velvets13326691velvets
velvety16304001velvety
vervet124619061vervet
delve96018262delve_
delved114112752delved
delver104913492delver
delves104917082delves
elver85216242_elver
elves85118742_elves
helmet113718932helmet
helve115018092helve_
helved134313702helved
helves124316062helves
pellet83326552pellet
pelmet103419242pelmet
pelves114514662pelves
relet54749822rel_et
revet84938842re_vet
selves94119612selves
telnet6518832telnet
valet84337872val_et
valve114515932valve_
valved136711042valved
valves124113782valves
velate93720142velate
veldt94819862vel_dt
velveret1447042velveret
velveted1533832velveted
verset94327322verset
verve115417722verve_
verves124617882verves
vervets13419752vervets

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551332.15638289.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691332.51671021.9
 
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