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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 “waives” 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.

123 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
waives12371418(None) 
naives94914221naives
waive114214601waive_
waived134511281waived
waiver124212711waiver
waivers133410051waivers
waves115633921wa_ves
wavies125019841wavies
wives115328921w_ives
aides65336602_aides
aiver85725162_aiver
aivers94822322_aivers
aves76142602_a_ves
baizes174315052baizes
calves115119282calves
carves115128452carves
caves105639702ca_ves
cavies114525002cavies
chives144317592chives
daises74318982daises
datives11310072datives
davies105020512davies
dives95832402_dives
drives105117112drives
dwarves1434462dwarves
eaves85231992ea_ves
fauves125610422fauves
faves115331422fa_ves
fives116027362_fives
gives95324872_gives
glaives11347832glaives
halves124717092halves
haves116034872ha_ves
hives116925512_hives
jives154820812_jives
knives13458552knives
laves86039152la_ves
lives86133192_lives
mailes84329112mailes
maizes175115732maizes
mauves113811552mauves
mavies114923192mavies
naive85116212naive_
naiver94311352naiver
naivest10309472naivest
natives10310822natives
naves87030382na_ves
navies95218622navies
oaves84925612oa_ves
ogives10367912ogives
olives94313952olives
paves104833922pa_ves
raises64826542raises
raves85441972ra_ves
reives95723042reives
rives85336002_rives
saices84221802saices
salves94221762salves
saves85838632sa_ves
shives124921412shives
skives134113942skives
swives123915182swives
valves124113782valves
varves124414782varves
wackes154717712wackes
wades95634142wa_des
wadies105121202wadies
waes76048602wa__es
wages95330932wa_ges
wahines133111172wahines
waifed134011032waifed
waifs115719872wai_fs
wailed104823592wailed
wailer93720322wailer
wailers103916802wailers
wails86631482wai_ls
wains86930872wai_ns
waired106015832waired
wairs86424062wai_rs
waists97415452waists
waited103819772waited
waiter94321252waiter
waiters104218622waiters
waits88333522wai_ts
wakes126633652wa_kes
wales86142832wa_les
walies95324522walies
wames106432802wa_mes
wanes85040882wa_nes
wares88250582wa_res
washes124425492washes
wastes96224882wastes
wave105234732wa_ve_
waved125223582wa_ved
waver115025702wa_ver
wavers125022472wa_vers
wavey145115542wa_vey
waveys15597012wa_veys
wavier124613082wavier
waviest134513072waviest
waxes155825502wa_xes
weaves123616372weaves
wharves16457132wharves
whiles124418012whiles
whines125120102whines
whites123919882whites
wides94832822w_ides
wifes114522562w_ifes
wiles85437872w_iles
wines85546862w_ines
wipes104827082w_ipes
wires86034912w_ires
wises85633192w_ises
wites85536962w_ites
wive105931752w_ive_
wived125121502w_ived
wiver115924512w_iver
wivers125320802w_ivers
wizes174723342w_izes
wolves124510852wolves
wries85827742wri_es
writes94420332writes
zaires1539702zaires

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 Limit825511232.17337989.4
3Display Results1231230.0304100.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911232.54670185.0
 
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