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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 “sleeves” 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.

44 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
sleeves10331134(None) 
sheeves133911951sheeves
sleaves103813201sleaves
sleeve93411591sleeve_
sleeved11419911sleeved
slieves10378961slieves
steeves103410901steeves
beeves114615042_beeves
cleaves124111622cleaves
fleeces12399642fleeces
keeves133711992_keeves
leaves94222382_leaves
levees93714522_levees
peeves113814872_peeves
reeves94721492_reeves
releves103914972releves
selves94119612s_elves
serves94423652s_erves
sheaves134412972sheaves
sheeve123412842sheeve_
shelves134112092shelves
sieves93216002s_ieves
slaves95023022sl_aves
sleave94714152sleave_
sleaved113611132sleaved
sleazes162810332sleazes
sledges94511572sledges
sleeked123510882sleeked
sleeken11326802sleeken
sleekens12274872sleekens
sleeker11339822sleeker
sleekers12377992sleekers
sleekest1236152sleekest
sleeks104512462slee_ks
sleeper93211562sleeper
sleepers103110112sleepers
sleeps83913322slee_ps
sleeted83113222sleeted
sleets64318872slee_ts
slieve9359272slieve_
sneezes16278502sneezes
steeve93710902steeve_
steeved113610132steeved
swerves1377532swerves

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671443.51630623.2
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691443.95245215.3
 
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