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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 “thieve” 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.

28 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
thieve123596(None) 
thieved1434971thieved
thieves1346901thieves
achieve1545022achieve
chive135117622chi_ve
grieve1047242grieve
hive106029672_hi_ve
lieve86315472_lieve
nieve85613182_nieve
sheeve123412842sheeve
shive114423422shi_ve
shrieve13417682shrieve
sieve84918842_sieve
slieve9359272slieve
thebe107515432th_ebe
thee78039062th_e_e
theine94814922theine
theme105921732th_eme
there87527392th_ere
these86519012th_ese
thief114516302thie_f
thievery1742562thievery
thine85026862thi_ne
thrave126010272thrave
three87526912thre_e
thrive125313222thrive
throve128012392throve
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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551282.12338884.1
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691282.46972373.8
 
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