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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 “approver” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

73 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
approver1510530(None) 
approve14116601approve_
approved16115071approved
approvers16104911approvers
approves15126831approves
apposer1147482app_oser
appriser1246782appriser
apprizer2145462apprizer
approval1544482approval
improver1545242improver
prover113819722__prover
reprover13229202reprover
airpower1343983airpower
allover1038583a_llover
appealer1245743appealer
appeaser1245953appeaser
applier1137903app_lier
appose10411993app_ose_
apposed1247853app_osed
apposers1236283app_osers
apposes11511473app_oses
appraiser1344953appraiser
apprise11310193apprise_
apprised1337713apprised
apprisers1345053apprisers
apprises12310963apprises
apprize2038183apprize_
apprized2236543apprized
apprizers2243833apprizers
apprizes2137793apprizes
approach1743763approach
approvals1643613approvals
approving1745053approving
aproned10311503a_proned
arriver10117793a_rriver
depraver1435413depraver
depriver1446293depriver
disapprover1952163disapprover
disprover15137073disprover
drover104614593__drover
improper1444533improper
improve1435963improve_
improved1644773improved
improvers1645043improvers
improves1536123improves
opposer1135773opp_oser
parroter1058203parroter
passover13135533passover
plover115312613__plover
popover1495843_popover
prober104516073__prober
proper104319953__proper
proser84223463__proser
prove104823193__prove_
proved125016033__proved
proven114314773__proven
proverb14378213__proverb
provers123817793__provers
proves114322253__proves
prower114218123__prower
reapprove1643183reapprove_
reapproved1842743reapproved
reapproves1743063reapproves
reprove122911073reprove_
reproved14199473reproved
reprovers14217773reprovers
reproves132011473reproves
rover85527373___rover
trover95014663__trover
unapproved1842383unapproved
unproved1457533unproved
unproven1365463unproven
upriver12196933_upriver

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162737.31319986.6
3Display Results73730.0461587.0
 (SQL Overall)178691737.76523012.4
 
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