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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 “cleavages” 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.

37 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
cleavages154286(None) 
cleavage1442771cleavage_
cleaves124111622cleav__es
lavages1138602_l_avages
leafages1244622_leafages
leakages1334932_leakages
breakages1644283breakages
cellarages1343473cellarages
clavate1238713cl_avate_
claves115020063cl_av__es
cleanses10358143clea_nses
clearances1444793clearances
cleavable1644473cleavable
cleave114212513cleav__e_
cleaved134010483cleav__ed
cleaver124110803cleav__er
cleavers13398873cleav_ers
clevises1336903cle_vises
clientages1342793clientages
comanages1446533comanages
creepages1444303creepages
elevates111110423ele_vates
fleabags1442283fleabag_s
fleabanes1443553fleabanes
floatages1344233floatages
gavages1237683__gavages
lavage1038263_l_avage_
leafage1194573_leafage_
leakage1235003_leakage_
leaves94222383_leav__es
lovages1138033_l_ovages
ravages1139403__ravages
savages1139973__savages
selvages1236513_selvages
sleaves103813203sleav__es
stealages1046043stealages
stravages1345843stravages

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641376.79621871.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.24824653.8
 
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