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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 “serve” 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.

148 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
serve8542596(None) 
nerve86617371nerve
sere46153471ser_e
serge64727471serge
served104616811served
server94917711server
serves94423651serves
servo84516681servo
swerve1256291swerve
verve115417721verve
aerie54634602aerie
berme96022942berme
breve105317052breve
carve106227752carve
cere66741472cer_e
curve104920022curve
deave95022332deave
delve96018262delve
dere56845902der_e
derive103817042derive
deserve11108702deserve
eave75733582_eave
eerie55228532eerie
ere36352772_er_e
erne46727432_erne
eve66331162_e_ve
fere76342232fer_e
heave114521812heave
helve115018092helve
here76447102her_e
keeve124512132keeve
kerne94718222kerne
leave84723722leave
merde84320122merde
mere67244442mer_e
merge84523692merge
merle75824372merle
nerved104111682nerved
nerves94216192nerves
nervy114610862nervy
neve76224832ne_ve
observe1245332observe
parve109824852parve
peeve104915252peeve
pere66450262per_e
perse75429522perse
perv97224812perv_
pervs105117372pervs
reave84528022reave
reeve84121322reeve
reive85522942reive
reserve101011202reserve
salve85022132salve
saree55044662saree
sarge65531132sarge
save75741362s_ave
scree720031712scree
scrive115414942scrive
sedge75019972sedge
see35772262se__e
segue6314412segue
seine55732872seine
seise54727852seise
seize143819502seize
selle54428312selle
selva83014272selva
selves94119612selves
seme65836652se_me
sene46848052se_ne
sense55526822sense
sente56432882sente
ser36752402ser__
sera46141392ser_a
serac75925202serac
serai56830162serai
seral56336382seral
serape84818412serape
sered65737292sered
serene63522352serene
serer55935512serer
seres55448892seres
serf76340112ser_f
serfs84922012serfs
serged84118772serged
serger73819742serger
serges74225972serges
series64540972series
serif84132132serif
serin55434442serin
serine65432672serine
serow86720442serow
serry84824122serry
sers45746652ser_s
serum75223472serum
serval93913412serval
servers103214832servers
service1239092service
servile10310642servile
servos93812722servos
setae56026222setae
seven84118312se_ven
sever85426052se_ver
shave114425892shave
sheave124514002sheave
sheeve123412842sheeve
shelve124012762shelve
shive114423422shive
shove114421042shove
shrive125216952shrive
shrove125412232shrove
sieve84918842sieve
sire46150412sir_e
siree55238812siree
skive124614112skive
slave84224032slave
sleave94714152sleave
sleeve93411592sleeve
soave84219052soave
solve85618942solve
sore47059532sor_e
spree74830862spree
sprue74717632sprue
starve94613742starve
stave85324992stave
steeve93710902steeve
stere55328542ster_e
stove85220252stove
strive95020962strive
strove95014792strove
suave83519872suave
sure45447412sur_e
surge65027692surge
survey124111672survey
swerved1455702swerved
swerver1365732swerver
swerves1377532swerves
swive115316192swive
terce75721842terce
terne56426152terne
terse55026822terse
varve115716852varve
verge93419842verge
verse84723582verse
verves124617882verves
vervet124619062vervet
weave115218532weave
were76238332wer_e
wherve15568112wherve

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 Limit538001481.62333148.5
3Display Results1481480.0463217.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911481.98290156.9
 
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