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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 “salve” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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154 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
salve8502213(None) 
calve105919921calve
halve114818921halve
sale44959701sal_e
salved103916421salved
salver94617751salver
salves94221761salves
salvo84415641salvo
save75741361sa_ve
slave84224031slave
solve85618941solve
valve114515931valve
alae45643752_alae
ale36572342_al_e
alee46652322_alee
alive85722512_alive
alme65832162_alme
aloe45540192_aloe
ave67748702_a_ve
bale66353842bal_e
calved125215452calved
calves115119282calves
carve106227752carve
cave95941262ca_ve
clave105420152clave
dale55643982dal_e
delve96018262delve
eave75733582ea_ve
false84818122false
fauve114712072fauve
fave105532962fa_ve
gale56347322gal_e
gave84634052ga_ve
hale76052832hal_e
halva115414432halva
halved134813902halved
halves124717092halves
have106137072ha_ve
helve115018092helve
kale86533752kal_e
lave75642142la_ve
male66052302mal_e
mauve104013272mauve
naive85116212naive
nave75732312na_ve
pale66055012pal_e
parve109824852parve
pave96133892pa_ve
rale45050562ral_e
rave75542092ra_ve
sabe66140572sa_be
sable74732162sable
sabre74821502sabre
sade55544472sa_de
sadhe94815132sadhe
sae38365182sa__e
safe75930952sa_fe
sage55044592sa_ge
saice75424052saice
sake85244962sa_ke
sal36462882sal__
salad65321832salad
salal55425702salal
salep77022952salep
sales56055592sales
salic73424712salic
saline65132702saline
saliva93110742saliva
sall44544682sal_l
sallet63734542sallet
sally85129712sally
salmi7815862salmi
salol55222142salol
salon55228552salon
salp64534092sal_p
salpa75018352salpa
salpae84614272salpae
salps74423242salps
sals46851672sal_s
salsa56718922salsa
salt45758522sal_t
salted74121202salted
salter64325082salter
saltie63422432saltie
salts55431882salts
salty85524382salty
salute64418022salute
salvage1138192salvage
salvers103916002salvers
salvia93310752salvia
salvoed11307062salvoed
salvoes102811312salvoes
salvor94711092salvor
salvos94613382salvos
same65245642sa_me
sane45954342sa_ne
saree55044662saree
sarge65531132sarge
sate45556102sa_te
sauce75121652sauce
saute55028082saute
saved95127112sa_ved
saver84831252sa_ver
saves85838632sa_ves
savvy14497502savvy
scale74629142scal_e
selle54428312selle
selva83014272selva
selves94119612selves
serve85425962serve
shale85332832shal_e
shave114425892shave
shelve124012762shelve
shive114423422shive
shove114421042shove
sieve84918842sieve
silva82714022silva
silvae92811092silvae
silver93815812silver
silvex16336722silvex
skive124614112skive
slake93724052slake
slate55438282slate
slaved104017042slaved
slaver94419612slaver
slaves95023022slaves
slavey124011802slavey
sloe45534952s_loe
slue45332192s_lue
soave84219052soave
sole46053672sol_e
solved105312932solved
solver94016702solver
solves95018222solves
spale74929212spal_e
stale55637102stal_e
starve94613742starve
stave85324992stave
stove85220252stove
suave83519872suave
swale85221592swal_e
swive115316192swive
sylva11268442sylva
sylvae12236862sylvae
tale46154162tal_e
vale74937342val_e
valse85117522valse
value85719092value
valved136711042valved
valves124113782valves
varve115716852varve
waive114214602waive
wale74546432wal_e
wave105234732wa_ve

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001541.51635488.1
3Display Results1541540.0305133.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911541.84297009.2
 
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