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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 “devil” 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.

70 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
devil9471473(None) 
deil56231621de_il
devel94217121devel
devils104412811devils
evil75318071_evil
kevil12399861kevil
anvil82712602anvil
bedevil1344512bedevil
bevel104517042bevel
bezil163812882bezil
cavil103816492cavil
ceil65725062ce_il
civil103411932civil
davit93424592davit
deair65817192deair
deal56347412de_al
deasil71110982deasil
debit85727852debit
decal85523232decal
decile94619212decile
dedal75719022dedal
defi86321492defi_
defile105216662defile
defis96717502defis
deils65722862de_ils
del46752752de__l
deli55631292deli_
delis64928542delis
dell56938202de_ll
demic105119192demic
demit84832302demit
deni56929392deni_
denial74720512denial
denim85518842denim
dentil74017882dentil
derail74218812derail
detail74516432detail
dev76033772dev__
deva85720982dev_a
devas96218882devas
devein1039142devein
devels104313902devels
device124512162device
deviled124112182deviled
devilry1433972devilry
devisal1136912devisal
devise104215752devise
devoid1189362devoid
devoir1076032devoir
devon95113682devon
devs86424032dev_s
dewily1338342dewily
dexie134716892dexie
drail65020972drail
ervil8310302ervil
evils84114262_evils
heil76328932he_il
kevel124213092kevel
kevils13358332kevils
level84116552level
levin84816412levin
levis85818552levis
nevi75116422nevi_
peril75425952peril
reoil55321182reoil
revel84423162revel
revile94921612revile
veil75523592ve_il
vexil1538962vexil
weevil1295432weevil

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 Filter178691538000.190940478.9
2DLD Change Limit53800702.65320278.9
3Display Results70700.0164375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691702.85962501.2
 
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