Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sleaves” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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59 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
sleaves	10	38	1320	(None)
cleaves	12	41	1162	1	cleaves
leaves	9	42	2238	1	_leaves
sheaves	13	44	1297	1	sheaves
slaves	9	50	2302	1	sl_aves
sleave	9	47	1415	1	sleave_
sleaved	11	36	1113	1	sleaved
sleazes	16	28	1033	1	sleazes
sleeves	10	33	1134	1	sleeves
claves	11	50	2006	2	cl_aves
cleave	11	42	1251	2	cleave_
cleaved	13	40	1048	2	cleaved
cleaver	12	41	1080	2	cleaver
cleavers	13	39	886	2	cleavers
deaves	10	53	1953	2	_deaves
deleaves	12	4	806	2	deleaves
eaves	8	52	3199	2	__eaves
greaves	11	33	1144	2	greaves
heaves	12	41	2030	2	_heaves
laves	8	60	3915	2	_l_aves
leases	6	54	2811	2	_leases
leave	8	47	2372	2	_leave_
leaved	10	57	1902	2	_leaved
leaven	9	50	1307	2	_leaven
leavens	10	40	930	2	_leavens
leaver	9	43	2151	2	_leaver
leavers	10	37	1778	2	_leavers
loaves	9	48	1385	2	_loaves
oleates	7	4	1783	2	oleates
pleases	9	45	1548	2	pleases
reaves	9	41	2757	2	_reaves
saves	8	58	3863	2	s__aves
selves	9	41	1961	2	s_elves
serves	9	44	2365	2	s_erves
shaves	12	52	2493	2	s_haves
sheave	12	45	1400	2	sheave_
sheaved	14	34	1163	2	sheaved
sheeves	13	39	1195	2	sheeves
shelves	13	41	1209	2	shelves
sieves	9	32	1600	2	sie_ves
skeanes	11	36	1071	2	skeanes
slakes	10	40	2188	2	sl_akes
slates	6	49	3406	2	sl_ates
slave	8	42	2403	2	sl_ave_
slaved	10	40	1704	2	sl_aved
slaver	9	44	1961	2	sl_aver
slavers	10	37	1650	2	sl_avers
slavey	12	40	1180	2	sl_avey
slaveys	13	41	520	2	sl_aveys
sleaze	15	26	1186	2	sleaze_
sledges	9	45	1155	2	sledges
sleeve	9	34	1159	2	sleeve_
sleeved	11	41	991	2	sleeved
slieves	10	37	896	2	slieves
soaves	9	42	1867	2	s_oaves
staves	9	45	2519	2	s_taves
steeves	10	34	1090	2	steeves
swerves	13	7	753	2	swerves
weaves	12	36	1637	2	_weaves

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	59	3.640	29579.9
3	Display Results	59	59	0.016	3687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	3.782	47247.8