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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 “cleverly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

62 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
cleverly164346(None) 
cheerly15417602che_erly
clearly1236662cle_arly
clever114611532clever__
cleverer1334562cleverer
clovery15407402clover_y
levelly1335852_levelly
loverly1346972_loverly
celery1139623c_eler_y
cheerily1655423che_erily
cheery144913153che_er_y
cheveron1645263cheveron
claver113816973claver__
clavered14187633clavered
clavers124314903claver_s
cleanly1236323cle_anly
cleaver124110803cleaver__
cleavers13398873cleaver_s
clemency1743693clemency
clemently1645063clemently
clergy1234993cl__ergy
clerkly1643573cle_rkly
cleveite1343823cleveite
cleverest1444503cleverest
cleverish1743493cleverish
clivers123411753cliver_s
closely1237053close_ly
clover114617123clover__
clovered14187363clovered
clovers125114663clover_s
coevally1646283coevally
convexly2343783convexly
covertly1655763c_overtly
cravenly1644663cravenly
curvedly1743513curvedly
elderly1154953el_derly
evenly1236993__evenly
every115215453__ever_y
fleetly1336323fle_etly
leerily1037633_le_erily
leery85919133_le_er_y
level84116553_leve_l_
levels94113283_leve_ls
lever85125163_lever__
levered114212303_levered
leveret103014003_leveret
levers94621323_lever_s
lively123310813_live_ly
livery124910903_liver_y
lovely12339713_love_ly
overly122411363__overly
queerly1934233que_erly
revelry1335693_revelry
revery124014213_rever_y
severely1445303_severely
sheerly13337703she_erly
silverly14284313silverly
slavery13407893slaver_y
sleekly14325193sle_ekly
slenderly1343453slenderly
slovenly1443853slovenly
unevenly1444613unevenly

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162627.29620033.2
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691627.74923059.9
 
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