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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 “novella” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

89 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
novella107621(None) 
novellas1176341novellas
novelle1058231novelle
novelly1346511novelly
favella1336172favella
foveola13115012foveola
nigella844522nigella
nouvelle1143912nouvelle
novel85615992nove_l_
novels95512502nove_ls
novelty1365172novelty
novena936762nove_na
avellan1037293_avellan
canella9310793canella
cavalla1257883cavalla
cella75420313__cella
corolla938623corolla
favela1237033fave_la
favellas1446163favellas
fella84918653__fella
fovea11310483fove__a
foveal1237703foveal_
foveolae14104323foveolae
foveolar1493743foveolar
foveolas14135113foveolas
foveole13106873foveole
gorilla836973gorilla
holla84918493ho__lla
hovel115017683hove_l_
hoveled14209293hoveled
hovelled15146843hovelled
hovels125413333hove_ls
kvell12436693_kvell_
kvells13346613_kvells
labella988943labella
lamella988613lamella
levelly1335853levelly
lobelia947213lobelia
lovelily1444333lovelily
lovely12339713love_ly
loverly1346973loverly
micella11106823micella
morelle91210803morelle
morello9117793morello
movieola1342413movieola
moviola1244823moviola
nacelle938153nacelle
navally1366473navally
navel87016573nave_l_
navels95712693nave_ls
nelly84618813n__elly
nielli636303n_ielli
niello636603n_iello
nigellas944723nigellas
nodally1137913nodally
noel45226553no_e_l_
noels56418703no_e_ls
noncola948293noncola
notedly1136883notedly
nouvelles1244453nouvelles
nova76518953nov___a
novelise1137953novelise
novelist1149453novelist
novelize2046843novelize
novenae1046323novenae
novenas1036893novenas
novercal1345683novercal
nucellar1044333nucellar
nucelli944723nucelli
obelia8329453_obelia
ocellar936533_ocellar
ocelli836843_ocelli
olla44821173_o__lla
ovally12278443_ovally
overlap12239833_overlap
overlax17238413_overlax
overlay132410833_overlay
overly122411363_overly
paella8410913_paella
patella938953patella
ravelly13268353ravelly
roselle7310243roselle
roseola777053roseola
rostella845493rostella
rubella9146523rubella
stella63612973_stella
vela75725543__ve_la
villa85321233__villa
zorilla1646023zorilla

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027896.75019855.9
3Display Results89890.0302966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691897.18624866.5
 
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