Welcome!   Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   Statistics   Compare any two Strings using DLD   Reference   Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhovelled” 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.

23 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
hovelled1514684(None) 
hoveled14209291hove_led
shovelled16174411shovelled
bevelled14327822bevelled
bowelled1446182bowelled
dowelled1356342dowelled
gavelled13387362gavelled
grovelled1454182grovelled
helled104024702h__elled
hostelled1345732hostelled
houselled1346202houselled
hovered143411572hove_red
kvelled15276062_kvelled
levelled12327452levelled
modelled1236432modelled
novelle1058232novelle_
ravelled12419782ravelled
revelled123712742revelled
rowelled1236632rowelled
shoveled15195352shove_led
shoveller15174542shoveller
towelled1236352towelled
yodelled1334602yodelled

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059234.08029671.3
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691234.53239428.7