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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 “never” 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.

140 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
never8621864(None) 
ever77027691_ever
fever115617951fever
lever85125161lever
neve76224831neve_
neves87021871neves
newer85717461newer
sever85426051sever
aiver85725162aiver
aver75931882_aver
beaver114819252beaver
beer65635992be_er
bevel104517042bevel
bevor101510812bevor
caver105629062caver
ceder85322242ceder
clever114611532clever
cover105430772cover
deer56739022de_er
defer94619752defer
delver104913492delver
deter65028042deter
devel94217122devel
diver94827802diver
eger55923572_eger
elver85216242elver
ender64325862ender
enfever1344642enfever
enter54726382enter
envier939672envier
eve66331162_eve_
even75222272_even
evert84929512_evert
every115215452_every
eves76230462_eves
ewer77523982_ewer
eyer76127282_eyer
fevers125414892fevers
fewer115216122fewer
feyer115014522feyer
fiver116024942fiver
giver94921202giver
haver115124462haver
heaver124819672heaver
heder95623642heder
hewer115719932hewer
hexer155116682hexer
hover115524132hover
jeer115426462je_er
jiver155119052jiver
kevel124213102kevel
laver85031792laver
leaver94321512leaver
leer46239352le_er
leger65721512leger
leper74820742leper
levee84023812levee
level84116552level
levers94621322levers
levier94013872levier
liever94611862liever
liver85132962liver
lover85526452lover
merer75126232merer
meter75130322meter
mover104220862mover
naiver94311352naiver
namer75622102namer
navar83912732navar
nave75732312nave_
navel87016572navel
naves87030382naves
near45236502ne_ar
nearer64618892nearer
neater64424312neater
necker124012792necker
nee36657782ne_e_
need54934152ne_ed
needer73614952needer
neem67328082ne_em
neep65728312ne_ep
nene45932062nene_
nenes55329672nenes
nerve86617372nerve_
nerved104111682nerved
nerves94216192nerves
nervier10298832nervier
nester64124182nester
nether94014162nether
netter63722022netter
neuter63713792neuter
nevi75116422nev_i
nevus84611392nevus
newel86114132newel
nicer74618292nicer
nieve85613182nieve_
nieves94311292nieves
niter55028972niter
noter55025642noter
novel85615992novel
nuder66416832nuder
over77227342_over
paver104225832paver
peer66238352pe_er
peter74427592peter
raver85631492raver
reaver94524732reaver
refer84822142refer
reiver95318292reiver
revel84423162revel
reverb113912572reverb
revere94621252revere
revers94529632revers
revert93529112revert
revery124014212revery
revet84938842revet
riever94811652riever
river85731692river
rover85527372rover
saver84831252saver
seder64826762seder
seer45547042se_er
serer55935512serer
server94917712server
seven84118312seven
severe94016082severe
severs94121122severs
sewer84426222sewer
siver85728612siver
sneer54919952sne_er
soever94412092soever
uneven957912uneven
veer76229572ve_er
vexer155513522vexer
waver115025702waver
weaver123916612weaver
weber10313522weber
weer75535092we_er
weever123811442weever
wiver115924512wiver

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001401.39038705.0
3Display Results1401400.0463043.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911401.749102167.5
 
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