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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 “novae” 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.

57 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
novae8591312(None) 
nova76518951nova_
novas85215361novas
comae97128422comae
cove95837072cov_e
coxae146115182coxae
dove85131562dov_e
fovea11310482fovea
foveae1237562foveae
hove107132222hov_e
lovage1037352lovage
lovat8321042lovat
love75234762lov_e
morae75831192morae
move96630722mov_e
movie105319132movie
nae35952742n__ae
naval85315832naval
navar83912732navar
nave75732312nav_e
neve76224832nev_e
nival84915772nival
noble74420992noble
nodal64717792nodal
node513036882no_de
noise55723732noise
noma67529462noma_
nomad86016182nomad
nomas74726412nomas
nome66038422no_me
nona46929062nona_
nonage7313682nonage
nonas55126652nonas
nonce75719822nonce
none45743172no_ne
noose55624062noose
nopal75517102nopal
nope65934192no_pe
nose46739362no_se
nota46830772nota_
notal55221352notal
notate63217862notate
note46239962no_te
novel85615992novel
novenae1046322novenae
novice1138432novice
noway111112842noway
noyade1036422noyade
ova66823792_ova_
oval77119522_oval
ovate84214392_ovate
rove75136982rov_e
soave84219052soave
togae67020112togae
wove105624312wov_e
zoeae144412482zoeae
zonae145116442zonae

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800571.66032409.6
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691571.98390111.4
 
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