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

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51 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
clearnesses1310615(None) 
cleannesses13135821cleannesses
bleaknesses1744032bleaknesses
blearinesses1446542blearinesses
cheapnesses18104022cheapnesses
clearness1135632clearne_s_s
clevernesses1743632clevernesses
dearnesses1139582_dearnesses
leannesses10108342_leannesses
nearnesses1039112_nearnesses
alertnesses1147233alertnesses
caresses10314063c__ar_esses
charinesses1639563c_harinesses
cheerinesses1765823cheerinesses
chewinesses1945143chewinesses
cleanlinesses1553883cleanlinesses
cleanness1144973cleanne_s_s
cleanses10358143clea_n__ses
closenesses1347843closenesses
creakinesses1845993creakinesses
creaminesses1646133creaminesses
deadnesses1238943_deadnesses
deafnesses1436223_deafnesses
drearinesses1347443drearinesses
farnesses122310813__farnesses
flatnesses1337763fl_atnesses
fleetnesses1445483fleetnesses
gladnesses1236683gl_adnesses
glarinesses1239513gl_arinesses
glegnesses1245073gle_gnesses
greatnesses1247793greatnesses
harnesses121812073__harnesses
largesses10246273_l_argesses
laxnesses1646633_l_axnesses
leafinesses1437873_leafinesses
leakinesses1538473_leakinesses
leerinesses11119483_leerinesses
lewdnesses1435393_lewdnesses
meannesses12128163_meannesses
neatnesses10310013_neatnesses
peartnesses1338743_peartnesses
queernesses2044573queernesses
realnesses10310853_realnesses
sheernesses1445843sheernesses
sleazinesses2145373sleazinesses
sleeknesses1545273sleeknesses
tearinesses11311693_tearinesses
uncleannesses1553043uncleannesses
unharnesses1445433unharnesses
weaknesses1735463_weaknesses
wearinesses14310213_wearinesses

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121633515.31322893.5
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691515.76630990.5
 
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