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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 “greave” 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.

61 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
greave10461149(None) 
grave94624871gr_ave
grease75416231grease
greaved12408911greaved
greaves113311441greaves
reave84528021_reave
areae55229742area_e
bereave1258352bereave
brave104925502br_ave
breve105317052bre_ve
cleave114212512cleave
crave105626312cr_ave
crease85519572crease
create85126382create
deave95022332_deave
drave95219272dr_ave
eave75733582__eave
gave84634052g__ave
grace85124542gr_ace
grade75126092gr_ade
grape84824662gr_ape
grate64932882gr_ate
graved114818812gr_aved
gravel105313822gr_avel
graven104513522gr_aven
graver105018592gr_aver
graves104624002gr_aves
gravy125512112gr_avy
graze155820052gr_aze
greased93812392greased
greaser83913082greaser
greases84816712greases
greasy10419462greasy
great66034242grea_t
greaten83610642greaten
greater84416492greater
greats76318392greats
grebe85114942gre_be
gree56641562gre__e
greige847202greige
grenade938412grenade
grieve1047242grieve
groove10438872groove
grove95219332gr_ove
heave114521812_heave
leave84723722_leave
preaver121011612preaver
prepave14228872prepave
rave75542092_r_ave
reaved104523922_reaved
reaver94524732_reaver
reaves94127572_reaves
reeve84121322_reeve
regave104713382_regave
reive85522942_reive
repave114813872_repave
sheave124514002sheave
sleave94714152sleave
trave85223032tr_ave
urease64516992urease
weave115218532_weave

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551612.56332208.7
3Display Results61610.0302033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691612.93660862.1
 
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