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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 “silva” 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.

63 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
silva8271402(None) 
selva83014271selva
silvae92811091silvae
silvan92810151silvan
silvas92912181silvas
sylva11268441sylva
cilia73016762cilia
diva85920882di_va
fila74729132fil_a
halva115414432halva
hila76228352hil_a
ilea45931462_ilea
ilia46026822_ilia
ilka87215152_ilka
kiva116516402ki_va
milia72719572milia
milpa92111402milpa
pilea75123952pilea
saliva93110742saliva
salpa75018352salpa
salsa56718922salsa
salve85022132salve
salvia93310752salvia
salvo84415642salvo
scilla8310942scilla
selvas93812912selvas
shiva115915002shiva
sieve84918842sieve
sigla64515202sigla
sigma84513832sigma
signa66114702signa
sika86021322si_ka
sild55030582sil_d
silds65520522silds
silex123417412silex
silica8311242silica
silk85529322sil_k
silks94620682silks
silky125315822silky
sill45545152sil_l
sills55135992sills
silly84527622silly
silo46037912sil_o
silos56029432silos
silt46558192sil_t
silts55330822silts
silty84721632silty
silvans10308332silvans
silver93815812silver
silvex16336722silvex
sima64730782si_ma
sirra54416322sirra
sola45541862sol_a
solve85618942solve
sulfa8313922sulfa
sylvae12236862sylvae
sylvan12257362sylvan
sylvas12288172sylvas
ulva75412692_ulva
villa85321232villa
viva106119092vi_va
volva11399002volva
vulva11448802vulva

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800631.58034050.6
3Display Results63630.0134846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691631.91993116.7
 
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