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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 “silvas” 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.

47 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
silvas9291218(None) 
selvas93812911selvas
silva82714021silva_
silvae92811091silvae
silvan92810151silvan
silvans10308331silvans
sylvas12288171sylvas
divas95418582di_vas
halvas124714172halvas
kivas124614732ki_vas
milpas101710272milpas
salivas10309602salivas
salpas85116922salpas
salsas65316132salsas
salves94221762salves
salvias10279932salvias
salvos94613382salvos
scillas9310472scillas
selva83014272selva_
selves94119612selves
shivas124512412shivas
sieves93216002sieves
sigmas94111362sigmas
sikas94617022si_kas
silds65520522sil_ds
silicas9310602silicas
silks94620682sil_ks
sills55135992sil_ls
silos56029432sil_os
silts55330822sil_ts
silver93815812silver
silvers104714042silvers
silvex16336722silvex
silvics1235562silvics
simas75727552si_mas
sirras63814862sirras
solves95018222solves
sulfas9311562sulfas
sylva11268442sylva_
sylvae12236862sylvae
sylvan12257362sylvan
sylvans13235892sylvans
ulvas84511502_ulvas
villas96117262villas
vivas114815022vi_vas
volvas12447992volvas
vulvas12388842vulvas

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551472.43633887.9
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691472.80963613.7
 
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