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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 “deathy” 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.

36 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
deathy13421023(None) 
death94822521death_
deathly14336861deathly
deaths105914441deaths
heathy156111211heathy
apathy1437032apathy
beachy164011252beachy
breathy15328032breathy
dashy125612382d_ashy
deadly113811472deadly
deafly13389122deafly
dearly104615322dearly
dearth104212512dearth_
dearths11498842dearths
deary95826842dea_ry
deash95617242deash_
deftly1336532deftly
deity94316772deit_y
depth114311852depth_
depths12428572depths
earthy12399942_earthy
eath75735662_eath_
featly123711752featly
healthy16416082healthy
heath115724282heath_
heaths126316382heaths
lathy115215062_lathy
leachy14419732leachy
meaty107021312meat_y
neath86020282neath_
neatly93812482neatly
peachy164510842peachy
peaty105725692peat_y
wealthy16314332wealthy
wrathy15377852wrathy
wreathy16326062wreathy

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 Limit82551362.21637252.3
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.55969828.4
 
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