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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 “anvil” 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.

38 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
anvil8271260(None) 
anil46437431an_il
anvils9219711anvils
aboil72217542aboil
agnail739532agnail
ail37171042a__il
anal48037522an_al
angel65019562angel
ani37751182an_i_
anile54634462an_ile
anils56326722an_ils
anis45746462an_is
annal56520762annal
annul55813382annul
anti45536362anti_
antic75728862antic
antis55033312antis
anviled1138952anviled
argil65116882argil
aril45843022a_ril
arval86017012arval
avail8313882avail
avid88325962a_vid
axil116424452a_xil
cavil103816492cavil
civil103411932civil
devil94714732devil
ervil8310302ervil
evil75318072_evil
kevil12399862kevil
nail45838652_nail
naval85315832naval
navel87016572navel
nil36144192_n_il
noil46133242_noil
snail57020202snail
until53517742until
unveil957342unveil

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 Filter178691538000.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit53800381.65332546.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691381.749102167.5
 
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