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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 “civil” 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.

32 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
civil10341193(None) 
cavil103816491cavil
civic123412541civic
civie103716351civie
anvil82712602anvil
cavie104621592cavie
cavils114014392cavils
ceil65725062c_eil
cibol9512022cibol
cilia73016762cilia
civet105828732civet
civics13397822civics
civies114116442civies
civilly1535482civilly
civism1337242civism
civvy16435462civvy
clivia1177232clivia
coil66439652c_oil
covin105621122covin
devil94714732devil
ervil8310302ervil
evil75318072_evil
incivil1244932incivil
kevil12399862kevil
livid96714422livid
nihil8410282nihil
nival84915772nival
rival85216502rival
sigil63515502sigil
uncivil1244792uncivil
vigil94313002vigil
vivid125112312vivid

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800322.17324758.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691322.28278304.6
 
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