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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 “client” 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.

36 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
client831634(None) 
clients938091clients
alien56425582alien_
aliens65619212aliens
aliment9316702aliment
blent76230952bl_ent
cadent94120362cadent
cement103321672cement
cent67451012c__ent
cleat76335062cl_eat
cleft106222852cl_eft
clement11313772clement
clept95725772cl_ept
cliental1045362cliental
clift106422192cli_ft
cline76428532cli_ne
clines84926042clines
cling86424672cli_ng
clink115320042cli_nk
clipt96324272cli_pt
cogent9321002cogent
elint55436472eli_nt
eluent6315482eluent
fliest94718432fliest
flint87333502fli_nt
fluent9313932fluent
glint66830182gli_nt
lent46360532_l_ent
lien45339812_lien_
liens56525502_liens
lint416266242_li_nt
orient6322532orient
pliant83918822pliant
salient7419762salient
silent64125842silent
sliest66621962sliest

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.34335233.0
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.70366108.4
 
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