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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 “universes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
universes124542(None) 
universe1145251universe_
inverses112410982in_verses
universal1243462universal
universals1352972universals
unversed122310432un_versed
converses14311163converses
diverges13258313_diverges
diverse11429993_diverse_
inverse10249643in_verse_
inversed12269283in_versed
knaveries1645013knaveries
liveries11314373_liveries
niteries8318383_niteries
obverses1335803_obverses
puninesses121110753puninesses
reverses112513513_reverses
traverses1246343traverses
unaverted1336563unaverted
undersea9149883un_dersea
underseas1087803un_derseas
underset91417133un_derset
undersets10129323un_dersets
underuses1039913un_deruses
undresses1039313undresses
uneases73316263un__eases
unhorses1138453un_horses
unionises947163unionises
unisexes1554613unise_xes
uniters73814173uniter__s
univalves1543393univalves
universities1553453universities
university1653263university
unnerves1157273un_nerves
verses94223763___verses

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641356.70322175.3
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.14225019.7
 
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