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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 “eavf” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

79 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
eave75733581eave
aff95537612_aff
arf67453372_arf
ava610139322_ava
ave67748702_ave
avo68936232_avo
baff124632272baff
barf95844412barf
caff125631672caff
calf96339562calf
cave95941262cave
cavy125920002cavy
daff115229682daff
davy116015522davy
deaf85838402dea_f
deave95022332deave
each95530582each
ear36867882ea_r
earl45838142earl
earn46737552earn
ears46356592ears
ease45042332ease
east46659102east
easy76224492easy
eat36989052ea_t
eath75735662eath
eats47054872eats
eau37450942ea_u
eaux116618422eaux
eaved95924502eaved
eaves85231992eaves
ef57345362e__f
eff96128622e_ff
elf66138522e_lf
enuf7323842enuf
envy10411252envy
eve66331162e_ve
fava106820262fava
fave105532962fave
gaff114828152gaff
gave84634052gave
haaf106227732haaf
half106238452half
have106137072have
heave114521812heave
heavy144814182heavy
java147316642java
kaf106845512ka_f
kaif116933932kaif
kava115819702kava
lav66847342lav_
lava76725422lava
lave75642142lave
lavs76734152lavs
leaf76441032lea_f
leave84723722leave
leavy115715772leavy
naff105128932naff
naif76839022naif
nave75732312nave
navy107518632navy
oaf65952882oa_f
pave96133892pave
peavy135014842peavy
raff104933042raff
rave75542092rave
reave84528022reave
save75741362save
tav66043212tav_
tavs75630972tavs
vav95829432vav_
vavs105720432vavs
waff134228042waff
waif105836752waif
wave105234732wave
wavy136620472wavy
weave115218532weave
yaff135324262yaff
zarf166929122zarf

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit29872790.89033564.0
3Display Results79790.0136076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691791.169152858.0
 
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