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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 “cleanliness” 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.

30 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
cleanliness134326(None) 
cleanliest1244352cleanli_est
cleanlinesses1553882cleanlinesses
cleanness1144972clean__ness
uncleanliness1562292uncleanliness
bleariness1246053blea_riness
canniness1138643c__anniness
celandines1344843celandine_s
chanciness1745123c_hanciness
clamminess1643613cl_amminess
classiness12196313cl_assiness
cleanlier1143363cleanli_e_r
clearness1135633clea__rness
crankiness1636173c_rankiness
creakiness1645963crea_kiness
creaminess1446203crea_miness
deadliness12115893_deadliness
earliness939693__earliness
lankiness1338053_l_ankiness
leafiness1236483_lea_finess
leakiness1337503_lea_kiness
leanness837373_lean__ness
manliness111310123__manliness
mealiness11310063_mea_liness
queenliness2052013queenliness
slanginess1146273sl_anginess
sleaziness19104703slea_ziness
unmanliness1344023unmanliness
weakliness1753853_weakliness
womanliness1643033womanliness

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121633304.54626756.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.93536208.9
 
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