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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 “dreamy” 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.

44 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
dreamy1250999(None) 
creamy134811361creamy
dream85120391dream_
dreams94513981dreams
dreamt94615711dreamt
dreary104611671dreary
beamy126218572_beamy
bready124511182bready
bream95121812bream_
breams104815042breams
creaky154911552creaky
cream95721352cream_
creams104715252creams
creasy114612302creasy
deary95826842d_eary
demy105422852d_e_my
deray95024182dera_y
digamy1335892digamy
dram75832002dr_am_
drama85117412dr_ama
drams86025832dr_ams
dray85428092dr_a_y
dread74419022drea_d
dreads84115022dreads
dreamed114310632dreamed
dreamer104110842dreamer
dreamily1435142dreamily
drear65016902drea_r
drears74614252drears
drecky16486332drecky
dreggy12364632dreggy
dressy10518142dressy
freaky16439232freaky
gleamy12398112gleamy
greasy10419462greasy
gremmy1454472gremmy
preamp1238992preamp
ready94821502_ready
ream65841612_ream_
reams75729622_reams
seamy105921272_seamy
steamy115112372steamy
streamy12509482streamy
treaty94414352treaty

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.43633887.9
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691442.79563932.4
 
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