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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlives” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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
lives8613319(None) 
dives95832401dives
fives116027361fives
gives95324871gives
hives116925511hives
jives154820811jives
laves86039151laves
lies46454191li_es
likes96231901likes
limes75636501limes
lines57054571lines
live76540991live_
lived95523721lived
liven85021731liven
livens94314891livens
liver85132961liver
livers94927821livers
livest95315731livest
livres94311861livres
loves85332011loves
olives94313951olives
rives85336001rives
wives115328921wives

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit28756230.50057512.0
3Display Results23230.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691230.580308087.9