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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcleverness” 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.

31 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
cleverness154322(None) 
clearness1135632cle_arness
cleverest1444502clever_est
clevernesses1743622clevernesses
levelness1245452_levelness
aliveness1238223alive_ness
cheeriness1545533che_eriness
cheerless1495293che_erless
cleanness1144973cle_anness
cleveites1443703cleveite_s
cleverer1334563clever_e_r
cleverish1743493clever_ish
closeness1137613close_ness
coverless1436803c_overless
covertness1545503c_overtness
cravenness1543873cravenness
elevenses1244333eleve_nses
evenness1135543__evenness
fleetness1244753fle_etness
foreverness1752503foreverness
governess1346173_governess
inverness1247133_inverness
leeriness938323_le_eriness
leverets11297603_lever_ets
liveness112411393_live_ness
queerness1844213que_erness
severeness1346113_severeness
sheerness1236273she_erness
sleekness1344543sle_ekness
slenderness1243453slenderness
unevenness1343873unevenness

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603317.54618632.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.71823152.5