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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 “beady” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

124 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
beady11471992(None) 
bead75937921bead_
beads85429501beads
beaky146118021beaky
beamy126218571beamy
belady12489931belady
bendy115017251bendy
bready124511181bready
heady125117261heady
leady95618601leady
ready94821501ready
baby116723682b_aby
bad67763152b_ad_
baddy125016022baddy
bade75140882b_ade
badly114918762b_adly
bads77048862b_ads
baldy115518932baldy
bandy114824182bandy
bawdy147513282bawdy
bay89661642b_a_y
beach124623892beach
beachy164011252beachy
beaded104922422beaded
beader94623792beader
beadily1378842beadily
beadle93314682beadle
beak106534382bea_k
beaks115326622beaks
beam86939232bea_m
beams95328172beams
bean66443862bea_n
beano75421552beano
beans75734692beans
bear66844642bea_r
beard86024962beard
beards94116672beards
bears75739042bears
beast76338642beast
beat66168302bea_t
beats76042242beats
beau66137272bea_u
beaus75127112beaus
beaut75135212beaut
beauty115410162beauty
beaux146513212beaux
bed67950622be_d_
beds75937782be_ds
bedu75923692be_du
beedi8711662beedi
beefy135313832beefy
beery105220122beery
beigy111110582beigy
belay105021522belay
belly104625492belly
bend76435262bend_
benday123810812benday
bends85628972bends
bendys12518382bendys
benny105217362benny
berry104521772berry
bevy127115222be_vy
bey86645422be__y
bialy105119322bialy
biddy124612692biddy
blade85923332blade
bleary115112552bleary
body107425672b_ody
boody115420402boody
brad75234342brad_
brads85528292brads
braky145015812braky
brandy124712062brandy
braxy175410892braxy
bray95232902bra_y
bread85523112bread_
breads95419202breads
buddy124812632buddy
dead65434242dead_
deadly113811472deadly
deads75726912deads
deary95826842deary
deedy104315892deedy
easy76224492_easy
eddy93912092_eddy
glady105413942glady
head87137172head_
heads95127112heads
heapy135914982heapy
heavy144814182heavy
lady86527152_lady
lead56038852lead_
leads66028492leads
leafy116316212leafy
leaky125217722leaky
leary85927382leary
leavy115715772leavy
mead75531602mead_
meads85425322meads
mealy104422182mealy
meany104620482meany
meaty107021312meaty
neddy10479872neddy
needy94614692needy
nerdy95014702nerdy
peaky145718152peaky
peaty105725692peaty
peavy135014842peavy
perdy115417332perdy
read55942532read_
readd74617132readd
reads64835272reads
reedy910020292reedy
seamy105921272seamy
seedy94821532seedy
shady125416512shady
steady103510202steady
teary85124052teary
teddy10489492teddy
toady96814342toady
vealy115817772vealy
wady115324992_wady
weary115620612weary
weedy125115002weedy

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001241.65632487.9
3Display Results1241240.0462695.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911241.99889434.9
 
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