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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 “grievous” 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.

36 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
grievous124358(None) 
grievers1255472grievers
grieves1137322griev_es
grievously1753542grievously
griseous945612griseous
arenous7314183ar_enous
arsenous847533arsenous
cribrous1246013cribrous
frivols1334743fri_vols
gaseous839503gase_ous
generous939773generous
gibbous1265333g_ibbous
goitrous945763goitrous
gorgeous1046293gorge_ous
gracious1138593gracious
gregos847533gr_ego_s
griefs10418723grie__fs
grievant1244803grievant
grievants1342353grievants
grieve1047243griev__e
grieved1235283griev_ed
griever1136033griev_er
grieving1385893grieving
griffons1542573griffons
gringos936673gringo_s
griots74713643gri__ots
grisons838993gri_sons
grivets11357973gri_vets
grumous1086613gr_umous
niveous1037193_niveous
previous1337823pr_evious
rievers104311453_rievers
rimous8311913_ri_mous
riotous739863_riotous
trimerous1146483trimerous
urinous7310083uri_nous

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 Filter1786911461620.456391866.2
2DLD Change Limit146162366.51322441.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.98525582.1
 
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