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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 “salves” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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163 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
salves9422176(None) 
calves115119281calves
halves124717091halves
sales56055591sal_es
salve85022131salve_
salved103916421salved
salver94617751salver
salvers103916001salvers
salvoes102811311salvoes
salvos94613381salvos
saves85838631sa_ves
selves94119611selves
slaves95023021slaves
solves95018221solves
valves124113781valves
ales47067102_al_es
almes75126542_almes
aloes54933672_aloes
aves76142602_a_ves
bales76250082bal_es
calces104420052calces
calve105919922calve_
calved125215452calved
calxes154113032calxes
carves115128452carves
caves105639702ca_ves
claves115020062claves
dales66439742dal_es
dalles74222062dalles
delves104917082delves
eaves85231992ea_ves
elves85118742_elves
falces115216002falces
fauves125610422fauves
faves115331422fa_ves
gales65442482gal_es
hales85449842hal_es
haloes94623862haloes
halvas124714172halvas
halve114818922halve_
halved134813902halved
halvers133311422halvers
haves116034872ha_ves
helves124316062helves
kales95730982kal_es
laves86039152la_ves
males75049792mal_es
mauves113811552mauves
naives94914222naives
naves87030382na_ves
oaves84925612oa_ves
pales75753802pal_es
paves104833922pa_ves
pelves114514662pelves
rales54947492ral_es
raves85441972ra_ves
sabes76437462sa_bes
sables85026692sables
sabres85520862sabres
sades65239892sa_des
sadhes104715372sadhes
safes85226722sa_fes
sages65339062sa_ges
saices84221802saices
sakes95540752sa_kes
salads75316962salads
salals65120082salals
sale44959702sal_e_
salep77022952sal_ep
saleps85014902saleps
salines74029412salines
salivas10309602salivas
sallet63734542sallet
sallets73719652sallets
sallies73227812sallies
salmis8514272salmis
salols64017872salols
salons63823692salons
salpas85116922salpas
salps74423242sal_ps
sals46851672sal__s
salsas65316132salsas
salted74121202salted
salter64325082salter
salters73622252salters
saltest71916512saltest
salties73725772salties
salts55431882sal_ts
salutes73716252salutes
salvages1238122salvages
salvia93310752salvia
salvias10279932salvias
salvo84415642salv_o
salvoed11307062salvoed
salvor94711092salvor
salvors103910912salvors
sanes55649072sa_nes
sanies63031952sanies
sarees65329942sarees
sarges75128592sarges
sashes94728482sashes
sasses64124392sasses
sates54949322sa_tes
sauces84919502sauces
sautes63924912sautes
save75741362sa_ve_
saved95127112sa_ved
saver84831252sa_ver
savers93825922sa_vers
savvies1337602savvies
saxes125229342sa_xes
scales84529312scal_es
scarves124511622scarves
selles64426982selles
selvas93812912selvas
serves94423652serves
shales94731252shal_es
shaves125224932shaves
shelves134112092shelves
shives124921412shives
shoves124919422shoves
sieves93216002sieves
silvas92912182silvas
silver93815812silver
silvers104714042silvers
silvex16336722silvex
skives134113942skives
slakes104021882slakes
slates64934062slates
slave84224032slave_
slaved104017042slaved
slaver94419612slaver
slavers103716502slavers
slavey124011802slavey
slaveys13415202slaveys
sloes54728872s_loes
slues54527172s_lues
soaves94218672soaves
soles55547922sol_es
solve85618942solve_
solved105312932solved
solver94016702solver
solvers104414252solvers
spales84728102spal_es
stales65538292stal_es
starves104614552starves
staves94525192staves
stoves93818922stoves
swales93920762swal_es
swives123915182swives
sylvas12288172sylvas
tales55451372tal_es
vales85434262val_es
valses94514612valses
values94314942values
valve114515932valve_
valved136711042valved
varves124414782varves
waives123714182waives
wales86142832wal_es
walies95324522walies
waves115633922wa_ves
wolves124510852wolves

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511632.46633475.7
3Display Results1631630.0463543.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911632.85562588.8
 
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