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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 “glaive” 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.

31 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
glaive1035793(None) 
glaire74411291glaire
glaived12375971glaived
glaives11347831glaives
alive85722512al_ive
clave105420152cla_ve
elative10312452elative
gave84634052g_a_ve
give85829352g__ive
glace87420152gla_ce
glade75121962gla_de
glaiket1238362glaiket
glair65313552glai_r
glaired9387742glaired
glaires84010132glaires
glairs75211332glairs
glairy10448272glairy
glance94312312glance
glare65222952gla_re
glaze155418162gla_ze
glide74521592gl_ide
glime85620192gl_ime
glove94516292gl_ove
grave94624872gra_ve
lave75642142_la_ve
live76540992_l_ive
naive85116212_naive
olive84817152ol_ive
plaice10311552plaice
slave84224032sla_ve
waive114214602_waive

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.50033020.4
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.84362853.0
 
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