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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 “paviours” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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88 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
paviours134361(None) 
haviours1443841haviours
paviors1237601pavio_rs
paviour1244621paviour_
saviours1154271saviours
favours13437092fav_ours
haviors1347382havio_rs
haviour1354822haviour_
pandours11317992pandours
parlours1036152parlours
pavior1138532pavio_r_
pavisers13387442pavisers
saviors1058992savio_rs
saviour1035212saviour_
savours10389342sav_ours
amours83512663_a_mours
arbours93910043_arbours
ardours8368883_ardours
armours9389853_armours
avions94114393_avio_ns
behaviours1871283behaviours
candours11408643candours
carious93320283cariou_s
caviars1238623cavi_ars
cavilers1348113cavilers
devious1138523deviou_s
devours1166643dev_ours
dyvours1453183dyv_ours
envious1037223enviou_s
faitours1134263faitours
favors124211403fav_o_rs
favour12438333fav_our_
flavours1434693flav_ours
harbours1346923harbours
havior1248203havio_r_
labours9349893la_bours
obvious1244823obviou_s
padouks1434873pa_douks
pairs75325833pa_i__rs
palikars1445083palikars
pallors9314363pallo_rs
pandoors11258983pandoors
pandour10408213pandour_
panicums1444743panicums
paniers94717333pani_ers
pantoums1236713pantoums
pappous1057463pappou_s
paramours1345653paramours
parlors9312913parlo_rs
parlour937263parlour_
parlous9414293parlou_s
parous84024163pa_rou_s
pastors94119003pasto_rs
patios85221783patio__s
pavers115021823pav__ers
pavings134011633pavi_ngs
pavins114919663pavi__ns
pavis106422733pavi___s
paviser12489093paviser_
pavises125315493pavi_ses
pavisses13397103pavisses
pavlovas1642423pavlovas
pawnors12297203pawno_rs
payors114312643pa_yo_rs
payouts1247303pa_youts
pervious1337543perviou_s
pious74621273p__iou_s
pluvious1344443pluviou_s
pours74623183p___ours
previous1337823previou_s
priors83914483p_rio_rs
rancours1076713rancours
raviolis1146103raviolis
sanious7514103saniou_s
santours837183santours
sapours93610623sa_pours
savior9710173savio_r_
savors95616103sav_o_rs
savour94110703sav_our_
savoury13365873sav_oury
spacious1237813spaciou_s
tabours94110093ta_bours
tambours1255873tambours
valours10248743va_lours
vapours12277463va_pours
various103113103variou_s
vavasours15131893vavasours
vigours11285483__vigours

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162887.12320519.7
3Display Results88880.0332666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691887.59623524.4
 
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