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

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

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60 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
cleaver	12	41	1080	(None)
claver	11	38	1697	1	cl_aver
cleaner	9	37	1230	1	cleaner
clearer	9	37	1082	1	clearer
cleave	11	42	1251	1	cleave_
cleaved	13	40	1048	1	cleaved
cleavers	13	39	887	1	cleavers
cleaves	12	41	1162	1	cleaves
clever	11	46	1153	1	cle_ver
leaver	9	43	2151	1	_leaver
beaver	11	48	1925	2	_beaver
bleaker	13	35	1053	2	bleaker
bleater	9	45	1530	2	bleater
cadaver	13	3	578	2	cadaver
caver	10	56	2906	2	c__aver
cheaper	14	40	1058	2	cheaper
cheater	12	48	1696	2	cheater
clave	10	54	2015	2	cl_ave_
clavers	12	43	1490	2	cl_avers
claves	11	50	2006	2	cl_aves
clavier	12	3	917	2	cl_avier
clawer	11	45	1278	2	cl_awer
cleaned	10	35	1200	2	cleaned
cleaners	10	36	1054	2	cleaners
cleanser	10	35	631	2	cleanser
clear	7	62	1905	2	clea__r
cleared	10	36	1246	2	cleared
clearers	10	34	930	2	clearers
cleated	10	34	1784	2	cleated
clover	11	46	1712	2	cl_over
coleader	11	3	918	2	coleader
craver	11	46	1846	2	c_raver
creamer	11	37	1409	2	creamer
creaser	9	44	1573	2	creaser
gleamer	10	32	851	2	gleamer
gleaner	8	37	977	2	gleaner
heaver	12	48	1967	2	_heaver
laver	8	50	3179	2	_l_aver
leader	7	48	2465	2	_leader
leaker	10	46	2007	2	_leaker
leaner	6	40	2219	2	_leaner
leaper	8	81	1894	2	_leaper
leaser	6	53	2267	2	_leaser
leave	8	47	2372	2	_leave_
leaved	10	57	1902	2	_leaved
leaven	9	50	1307	2	_leaven
leavers	10	37	1778	2	_leavers
leaves	9	42	2238	2	_leaves
leavier	10	31	999	2	_leavier
lever	8	51	2516	2	_le_ver
pleader	10	35	1175	2	pleader
pleaser	9	39	1234	2	pleaser
pleater	9	39	1633	2	pleater
preaver	12	10	1161	2	preaver
reaver	9	45	2473	2	_reaver
slaver	9	44	1961	2	sl_aver
sleave	9	47	1415	2	sleave_
sleaved	11	36	1113	2	sleaved
sleaves	10	38	1320	2	sleaves
weaver	12	39	1661	2	_weaver

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	60	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	60	60	0.016	3750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	3.749	47663.6