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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 “grieve” 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.

39 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
grieve104724(None) 
grieved1235281grieved
griever1136031griever
grieves1137321grieves
aggrieve13102042aggrieve
breve105317052br_eve
drive95318002dri_ve
frieze18378142frieze
give85829362g_i_ve
grave94624872gr_ave
greave104611492greave
grebe85114942gr_ebe
gree56641562gr_e_e
greige847202greige
gride75223592gri_de
grief95319782grie_f
griefs10418722griefs
grievers1255472grievers
griffe13438092griffe
grille74315742grille
grilse7399502grilse
grime85021322gri_me
gripe84622962gri_pe
grippe115310322grippe
grivet103517822grivet
groove10438872groove
grove95219332gr_ove
lieve86315472_lieve
nieve85613182_nieve
reeve84121322_reeve
reive85522942_reive
riever94811652_riever
rive75537732_ri_ve
scrieve12448332scrieve
shrieve13417682shrieve
sieve84918842_sieve
slieve9359272slieve
thieve1235962thieve
triene64316382triene

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 Limit82551392.61031628.7
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691392.96960185.6
 
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