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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 “clefted” 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.

32 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
clefted1332675(None) 
cleated103417841cleated
alerted82512222alerted
bleated104015972bleated
cheated134416342cheated
chefed155010562chef_ed
cheffed19335862cheffed
chested133811672chested
cleaned103512002cleaned
cleared103612462cleared
cleaved134010482cleaved
cleeked14357732cleeked
cleft106222852cleft__
clefts114610162cleft_s
cleped115114112cle_ped
clerked14326652clerked
clewed1225113202cle_wed
clotted104011822clotted
clouted104212162clouted
crafted13419772crafted
created104323452created
crested103416532crested
elected102812612elected
fleeted113310232fleeted
gleeted9379322gleeted
hefted134911422_hefted
lefter93613432_lefter
letted74118542_letted
lifted104413522_lifted
lofted103811892_lofted
pleated103816632pleated
sleeted83113222sleeted

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671323.20333615.7
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.56350151.8
 
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