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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 “glaives” 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
glaives1134783(None) 
glaires84010131glaires
glaive10357931glaive_
glaived12375971glaived
claves115020062cla_ves
elatives1139782elatives
gives95324872g__ives
glaces94218022gla_ces
glacises1138502glacises
glades84820342gla_des
glaiket1238362glaiket
glaire74411292glaire_
glaired9387742glaired
glairs75211332glai_rs
glances104113142glances
glandes95413832glandes
glares75518862gla_res
glasses84414272glasses
glazes165315642gla_zes
glides84518862gl_ides
glimes94717522gl_imes
gloves104115182gl_oves
graves104624002gra_ves
gravies11314092gravies
laves86039152_la_ves
lives86133192_l_ives
naives94914222_naives
olives94313952ol_ives
plaices11411142plaices
slaves95023022sla_ves
waives123714182_waives

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 Limit107671313.11034620.9
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.48351303.8
 
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