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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 “averts” 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.

63 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
averts9571524(None) 
adverts11308511adverts
alerts64418221alerts
avers85127311aver_s
avert86029491avert_
everts94514891everts
verts85724731_verts
abets75621672abe_ts
aborts84916182aborts
adepts9117102adepts
advects13276012advects
advents11309472advents
adverbs13254272adverbs
advert103215782advert_
agents74816292agents
agers65027852ager_s
airts55626342a_irts
aivers94822322aiver_s
alert54740652alert_
aments85219802aments
apers76629132aper_s
arts49650262a__rts
asserts74311792asserts
avens86419332ave_ns
aver75931882aver__
averse95811182averse
averted112211612averted
averter102410552averter
averters11249512averters
aves76142602ave__s
caveats1239802caveats
caverns124510252caverns
cavers115026842caver_s
cavorts1237932cavorts
cherts115617232cherts
coverts124813812coverts
diverts114412032diverts
events94814072events
evert84929512evert_
exerts133712292exerts
havers124721482haver_s
inerts64517022inerts
inverts103211952inverts
lavers94526362laver_s
nerts55924982_nerts
obverts1235402obverts
overs85224792over_s
overt85630722overt_
pavers115021822paver_s
ravers94628182raver_s
reverts104715042reverts
savers93825922saver_s
taverns10317802taverns
vents86125932_vents
verbs104614392_verbs
verst84429372_verst
versts93914732_versts
vert77249372_vert_
vertu85017612_vertu
vertus94613602_vertus
vests85325982_vests
vets76835092_ve_ts
wavers125022472waver_s

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 Limit82551632.32635490.5
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691632.68566551.6
 
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