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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 “breads” 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.

115 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
breads9541920(None) 
beads85429501b_eads
brads85528291br_ads
bread85523111bread_
bready124511181bready
breaks124816421breaks
breams104815041breams
breeds94914881breeds
broads94515151broads
dreads84115021dreads
oreads73915771oreads
reads64835271_reads
treads74817921treads
areas55935772area_s
bads77048862b__ads
bead75937922b_ead_
beady114719922b_eady
beaks115326622b_eaks
beams95328172b_eams
beans75734692b_eans
beards94116672b_eards
bears75739042b_ears
beats76042242b_eats
beaus75127112b_eaus
beds75937782b_e_ds
beheads1338522beheads
bends85628972b_ends
bields94110002bields
bleaks125112432bleaks
blears85116452blears
bleats85518612bleats
bleeds95211592bleeds
blends96012882blends
boreas85421732borea_s
brad75234342br_ad_
braes75735052br_aes
brags85625102br_ags
braids95015692braids
brands95118942brands
brans75437432br_ans
bras65746452br_a_s
brass75428022br_ass
brats75336012br_ats
braws106425192br_aws
brays106723112br_ays
breach134213722breach
breaded115014062breaded
breadth1365992breadth
breadths1474462breadths
break115319402brea_k
bream95121812brea_m
breast8319632breast
breasts939702breasts
breath113916262breath
breaths124411182breaths
bred75130972bre_d_
brede85520502bre_de
bredes94818472bredes
breed85526692breed_
breeks125310792breeks
brees75632552bre_es
brens75823362bre_ns
brents84717272brents
breves115516422breves
brewis11469982brewis
brews105617072bre_ws
briards10398552briards
briars84814822briars
broad84817692broad_
broods95416382broods
bureaus979292bureaus
byroads1335292byroads
creaks124315962creaks
creams104715252creams
creds85418772cre_ds
creeds94714772creeds
deads75726912_deads
dread74419022dread_
dreams94513982dreams
drears74614252drears
dryads11436622dryads
freaks134713062freaks
grads75625752gr_ads
greats76318392greats
greeds84314282greeds
heads95127112_heads
kneads11357092kneads
leads66028492_leads
meads85425322_meads
oread64619602oread_
pleads94613952pleads
rads56046602_r_ads
read55942532_read_
readd74617132_readd
readds84111642_readds
ready94821502_ready
reals55038652_reals
reams75729622_reams
reaps75626192_reaps
rears54739652_rears
redds74617832_redds
reds56042862_re_ds
reeds65430902_reeds
rends65129952_rends
rereads81512292rereads
roads66523622_roads
spreads1039762spreads
steads74116222steads
threads11419952threads
tread64821702tread_
treats64821692treats
trends75513542trends
triads74513532triads
ureas55826012urea_s
wreaks134711112wreaks

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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit825511152.20337472.1
3Display Results1151150.0462500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911152.37275333.5
 
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