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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 “strive” 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.

83 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
strive9502096(None) 
scrive115414941scrive
shrive125216951shrive
striae65422271striae
stride75420961stride
strife95318361strife
strike105619731strike
stripe85822441stripe
strived114713661strived
striven103910751striven
striver104315201striver
strives104119371strives
strove95014791strove
arrive91311792arrive
astride8311972astride
derive103817042derive
drive95318002_drive
restrive11310922restrive
rive75537722__rive
scribe104613532scribe
scrieve12448332scrieve
scrived134511112scrived
scrives124414272scrives
serine65432672serine
serve85425962ser_ve
shive114423422s_hive
shrieve13417682shrieve
shrike134513242shrike
shrine94920052shrine
shrived144712182shrived
shrivel13479402shrivel
shriven13379652shriven
shriver134712192shriver
shrives134416172shrives
shrove125412232shrove
skive124614112s_kive
sprite84421772sprite
starve94613742starve
stative102612932stative
stave85324992st_ave
steeve93710902steeve
sterile7316602sterile
stile54931572st_ile
stime76521802st_ime
stipe76523372st_ipe
stiver93915732st_iver
stove85220252st_ove
strafe95215982strafe
strake104017392strake
stria55723212stri_a
striate74218952striate
strick124813202strick
strict84821042strict
strider84315722strider
strides84520392strides
strifes104716582strifes
striker113714172striker
strikes114719092strikes
string75327562string
strip77524342stri_p
striped105214362striped
striper94514792striper
stripes95320572stripes
strips85719652strips
stript85222192stript
stripy115812742stripy
strivers113911842strivers
strobe84513812strobe
strode75215972strode
stroke105116172stroke
stuiver10447082stuiver
survive1335932survive
swive115316192s_wive
thrive125313222thrive
trave85223032_trave
tribe74420272_tribe
trice75127492_trice
trike95320162_trike
trine54734602_trine
tripe75425382_tripe
trite54730032_trite
trivet93721882_trivet
trove85221922_trove

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551832.47033421.5
3Display Results83830.0136384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691832.82663231.1
 
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