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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 “clause” 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.

53 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
clause8431150(None) 
cause75225351c_ause
clauses93813321clauses
blase75524232bla_se
blouse84714722blouse
carse74934332c_arse
case65848082c_a_se
caused95117042c_aused
causer84117782c_auser
causes88026472c_auses
causey113513272c_ausey
cayuse11207762cayuse
cease75227652cea_se
ceruse83914522ceruse
chaise114916412chaise
chase105127122cha_se
chasse115114602chasse
chouse116017562chouse
clade85821012cla_de
clades94920462clades
clads85722732clads_
clags85621122clags_
clams95127672clams_
clans75031012clans_
claps95626182claps_
claque17338562claque
claques18279012claques
clash106219032cla_sh
clasp95517192cla_sp
class75525482cla_ss
classed104113652classed
classer93614612classer
classes94717942classes
classy11379042classy
clast76030582cla_st
clausal936272clausal
clave105420152cla_ve
claves115020062claves
clavus11347352clavus_
claws106020832claws_
clays105521332clays_
cleanse9358722cleanse
close76425222cl_ose
clue65324532cl_u_e
clues74623032cl_ues
coarse84813902coarse
crouse84619362crouse
cruse75726102c_ruse
elapse857522elapse
lapse74917682_lapse
lase46148512_la_se
louse56131012_louse
pause75021832_pause

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 Limit82551532.20337472.1
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691532.57669367.6
 
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