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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 “naval” 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.

83 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
naval8531583(None) 
nasal56217591nasal
natal53921491natal
navar83912731navar
navel87016571navel
nival84915771nival
aal39058672_a_al
anal48037522_anal
annal56520762annal
anvil82712602anvil
arval86017012arval
ava610139322_ava_
avail8313882_avail
axal116520492_axal
baal67033112ba_al
banal75925992banal
basal75722282basal
cabal95222152cabal
canal75428042canal
cavil103816492cavil
fatal84819372fatal
fava106820262fava_
favas115618592favas
gavel95815182gavel
gavial10310082gavial
gayal9312712gayal
hadal95518122hadal
halal85623592halal
hamal104623112hamal
jacal14313702jacal
java147316642java_
javas155915422javas
kava115819702kava_
kavas125919952kavas
larval948502larval
lava76725422lava_
lavas85422222lavas
naan47621932na_an
nada58022902nada_
nadas66320812nadas
naiad6313402naiad
nail45838652na_il
nala46930392nala_
nalas55528362nalas
nana46632902nana_
nanas55928632nanas
napa66927262napa_
napalm1047262napalm
napas75924352napas
narial6317952narial
narwal938942narwal
nasals63312462nasals
nasial6413282nasial
navaid1037652navaid
navally1366472navally
navars92810572navars
nave75732312nav_e
navels95712692navels
naves87030382naves
navvy14696682navvy
navy107518632nav_y
nawab10810922nawab
nidal65217102nidal
nodal64717792nodal
nopal75517102nopal
notal55221352notal
nova76518952nova_
novae85913122novae
novas85215362novas
novel85615992novel
oval77119522_oval
papal95820672papal
pavan106518472pavan
ramal74622242ramal
ratal55025112ratal
ravel84621512ravel
rival85216502rival
sabal75422482sabal
salal55425702salal
tamal73522622tamal
vagal94613632vagal
valval12398862valval
vasal85516292vasal

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800831.61033416.1
3Display Results83830.0302766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691831.96690890.6
 
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