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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 “freaky” 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.

40 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
freaky1643923(None) 
creaky154911551creaky
freak125115241freak_
freaks134713061freaks
beaky146118022_beaky
braky145015812br_aky
bready124511182bready
break115319402break_
breaks124816422breaks
creak115418432creak_
creaks124315962creaks
creamy134811362creamy
creasy114612302creasy
croaky15528482croaky
dreamy12509992dreamy
dreary104611672dreary
drecky16486332drecky
flaky155715582f_laky
flecky18387652flecky
fray105428902fr_a_y
freaked15399702freaked
freakily1835002freakily
freckly19124592freckly
freely12310962freely
frenzy2135882frenzy
fretty1249222fretty
friary124010092friary
frisky16406672frisky
greasy10419462greasy
leaky125217722_leaky
peaky145718152_peaky
ready94821502_ready
reeky125416262_reeky
screaky16436222screaky
sneaky13427842sneaky
streaky14447812streaky
treaty94414352treaty
tweaky1634022tweaky
wreak125513272wreak_
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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551402.23336968.7
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.57669367.6
 
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