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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 “servo” 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.

51 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
servo8451668(None) 
serve85425961serve
servos93812721servos
aero45435342aer_o
arvo76023432_arvo
cero66329452cer_o
ergo56420152_ergo
fervor1235642fervor
hero74635782her_o
levo76820062le_vo
nerve86617372nerve
nervy114610862nervy
parvo107719182parvo
perv97224812perv_
pervs105117372pervs
salvo84415642salvo
sargo65424412sargo
secco9312422secco
segno64814742segno
sego56525182se_go
selva83014272selva
ser36752402ser__
sera46141392ser_a
serac75925202serac
serai56830162serai
seral56336382seral
sere46153472ser_e
sered65737292sered
serer55935512serer
seres55448892seres
serf76340112ser_f
serfs84922012serfs
serge64727472serge
serif84132132serif
serin55434442serin
sermon8413552sermon
serow86720442serow
serry84824122serry
sers45746652ser_s
serum75223472serum
serval93913412serval
served104616812served
server94917712server
serves94423652serves
sexto124415452sexto
sorgo64719722sorgo
stereo65317912stereo
swerve1256292swerve
verso85314632verso
verve115417722verve
zero134822472zer_o

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 Filter178691538000.303589739.3
2DLD Change Limit53800511.48336277.8
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691511.80299162.6
 
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