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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 “drivel” 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.

52 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
drivel10511038(None) 
drive95318001drive_
drivels11397921drivels
driven105210141driven
driver104714491driver
drives105117111drives
ariel55228972ari_el
bedrivel1444082bedrivel
derive103817042derive_
derived123912762derived
deriver114213912deriver
derives114017812derives
devel94217122d_evel
diel59034602d_i_el
dive85634772d_ive_
dived106321372d_ived
diver94827802d_iver
dives95832402d_ives
drave95219272drave_
dreidel934472dreidel
dried75321382dri_ed
drier64423962dri_er
dries64733672dri_es
drill64718262dri_ll
driveled1374972driveled
driveler1284692driveler
drivers114412792drivers
drove95518062drove_
droved114611642droved
drover104614592drover
droves105116672droves
frivol1235112frivol
gravel105313822gravel
grivet103517822grivet
grovel104310542grovel
oriel54920422ori_el
privet113821342privet
ravel84621512_ravel
revel84423162_revel
riel46432382_ri_el
rival85216502_rival
rive75537722_rive_
rived94825612_rived
riven85121622_riven
river85731692_river
rives85336002_rives
rivet85636362_rivet
shrivel13479402shrivel
snivel9368852snivel
swivel12369322swivel
travel94112982travel
trivet93721882trivet

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 Limit82551522.23336968.7
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691522.59268939.4
 
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