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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 “cleft” 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.

71 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
cleft10622285(None) 
cleat76335061cleat
clef97028181clef_
clefs106616241clefs
clefts114610161clefts
clept95725771clept
clift106422191clift
left76340481_left
alef76340692alef_
alefs87319662alefs
alert54740652alert
aloft8423432aloft
bleat75737002bleat
blent76230952blent
blest76431722blest
blet66247672ble_t
celt65646712c_elt
cent67451012c_ent
cheat105732452cheat
chef125125622chef_
chefs136214662chefs
chert105232102chert
chest104926142chest
clapt98027172clapt
clast76030582clast
clean75420412clean
clear76219052clear
cleats84919312cleats
cleek115514912cleek
clefted13326752clefted
clepe94617382clepe
clerk115812452clerk
clew95520572cle_w
clews105516332clews
client8316342client
cliff135917132cliff
clifts11519152clifts
clipt96324272clipt
cloot76127052cloot
clot66542422cl_ot
clout75330462clout
coft97939682c_oft
craft105327662craft
crept95125892crept
crest74632692crest
croft105622682croft
culet76040342cule_t
deft85540222_deft
delft95623322delft
eft66038822__eft
elect74327032elect
fleet85932332fleet
gleet65532342gleet
heft106736292_heft
leet45957902_leet
lefts86517812_lefts
lefty115613562_lefty
lent46360532_lent
lept66440882_lept
lest46956322_lest
let36481472_le_t
lift76942722_lift
loft76539142_loft
pleat74734472pleat
reft75141272_reft
sleet55639132sleet
slept75728102slept
theft114118132theft
uncleft1257492uncleft
weft105435012_weft
yclept1336012yclept

Search took 6 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 Filter178691538001.013176397.8
2DLD Change Limit53800714.11013090.0
3Display Results71710.0164437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691715.13934771.6
 
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