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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 “guava” 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.

34 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
guava93858(None) 
guavas1037161guavas
ava610139322__ava
brava106414792brava
fava106820262_fava
gaga66625552g_aga
gala55635162g_ala
gama77035522g_ama
gave84634052g_ave
grama85620282grama
grana65722092grana
grave94624872grave
gravy125512112gravy
guaco85012162guaco
guaiac946152guaiac
guan55325582gua_n
guanay1037912guanay
guano69213982guano
guans64419442guans
guar56923292gua_r
guard74415542guard
guars65021052guars
gumma105313102gumma
gutta64613382gutta
guv74523172gu_v_
guvs85816812gu_vs
iguana735812iguana
java147316642_java
kava115819702_kava
lava76725422_lava
ruana5312422ruana
suave83519872suave
ulva75412692_ulva
vulva11448802vulva

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800341.56334421.0
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691341.89394395.7
 
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