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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 “cleave” 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.

56 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
cleave11421251(None) 
clave105420151cl_ave
cleaved134010481cleaved
cleaver124110801cleaver
cleaves124111621cleaves
leave84723721_leave
sleave94714151sleave
cave95941262c__ave
cease75227652c_ease
clade85821012cl_ade
claver113816972cl_aver
claves115020062cl_aves
clavi104912922cl_avi
clean75420412clea_n
cleaned103512002cleaned
cleaner93712302cleaner
cleans85817052cleans
cleanse9358722cleanse
clear76219052clea_r
cleared103612462cleared
clearer93710822clearer
clears84116562clears
cleat76335062clea_t
cleated103417842cleated
cleats84919312cleats
cleavage1442772cleavage
cleavers13398872cleavers
cleome1039082cleome
clepe94617382cle_pe
clever114611532cle_ver
clove105619442cl_ove
crave105626312c_rave
crease85519572crease
create85126382create
deave95022332_deave
deleave1147722deleave
eave75733582__eave
greave104611492greave
heave114521812_heave
lave75642142_l_ave
lease55230262_lease
leaved105719022_leaved
leaven95013072_leaven
leaver94321512_leaver
leaves94222382_leaves
leavy115715772_leavy
oleate6318882oleate
please84315732please
reave84528022_reave
sheave124514002sheave
slave84224032sl_ave
sleaved113611132sleaved
sleaves103813202sleaves
sleaze152611862sleaze
sleeve93411592sleeve
weave115218532_weave

Search took 4 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 Limit82551562.65631080.9
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691563.02958993.4
 
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