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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 “evil” 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.

101 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
evil7531807(None) 
devil94714731devil
ervil8310301ervil
evils84114261evils
kevil12399861kevil
veil75523591veil
ail37171042_ail
anil46437432anil
anvil82712602anvil
aril45843022aril
avail8313882avail
avid88325962avid
axil116424452axil
bail65042802bail
bevel104517042bevel
bezil163812882bezil
boil66335182boil
cavil103816492cavil
ceil65725062ceil
civil103411932civil
coil66439652coil
deil56231622deil
devel94217122devel
devils104412812devils
earl45838142earl
edile64819492edile
edit54934862edit
eel37946842e_el
egal55119432egal
egis56520652egis
el26745292e__l
ell36735682e_ll
email74715102email
emic86422752emic
emir65918702emir
emit65438422emit
enol45823822enol
epic86921302epic
ervils948772ervils
etic66123952etic
eve66331162ev_e
even75222272even
ever77027692ever
eves76230462eves
evict104417142evict
eviler94811892eviler
evilly1236592evilly
evite85317682evite
exile126117652exile
exit114428672exit
fail74840242fail
fil65447142_fil
foil76433912foil
hail74839062hail
heil76328932heil
jail115529092jail
kail85131492kail
kevel124213102kevel
kevils13358332kevils
level84116552level
levin84816412levin
levis85818552levis
mail65543452mail
mil55752112_mil
moil65534092moil
nail45838652nail
nevi75116422nevi_
nil36144192_nil
noil46133242noil
oil37452052_oil
oval77119522oval
pail66141832pail
peril75425952peril
rail46147762rail
reoil55321182reoil
revel84423162revel
revile94921612revile
roil46235292roil
sail45447162sail
soil46138832soil
tail45443652tail
til36350262_til
toil46536282toil
vail75432552vail
veal76936812veal
veils84918802veils
vein75625752vein
vexil1538962vexil
via65636242_via
vial76731092_vial
vid77241812_vid
vie65447632_vie
vig75637522_vig
vile76139802_vile
vill75235072_vill
vim87437022_vim
viol76523592_viol
virl76224472_virl
vis66747612_vis
wail75238822wail
weevil1295432weevil

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721010.92332364.0
3Display Results1011010.0166312.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911011.219146588.2
 
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