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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 “gleam” 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.

94 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
gleam8691673(None) 
agleam9158621agleam
fleam106017281fleam
glam76529341gl_am
gleams94812251gleams
gleamy12398111gleamy
glean65818201glean
gloam86015941gloam
abeam9316532abeam
beam86939232_beam
blam86131702bl_am
bleak115915382bleak
blear75918682blear
bleat75737002bleat
bream95121812bream
clam86332292cl_am
clean75420412clean
clear76219052clear
cleat76335062cleat
cream95721352cream
dream85120392dream
flam96333292fl_am
flea75628492flea_
fleams115011942fleams
fleas86423662fleas
galea64722932galea_
galeae74717452galeae
galeas74618512galeas
gam67060062g__am
gear55934972g_ear
gem66840222g_e_m
germ75428962g_erm
geum75424552g_eum
glad65624012gl_ad
glams85822932gl_ams
gleamed11327932gleamed
gleamer10328512gleamer
gleans75014742gleans
gleba83910242gleba
glebae9407612glebae
glebe85016442glebe
gled65631142gle_d
glede75517832glede
gleds75417892gleds
glee55239062gle_e
gleed75320572gleed
gleek105315102gleek
glees65027592glees
gleet65532342gleet
gleg66219802gle_g
glen56027202gle_n
glens66519852glens
gley85724652gle_y
gleys96514852gleys
glia56423152glia_
glial66715432glial
glias64618492glias
glim76026352gl_im
gloams95210662gloams
gloat65427682gloat
glom75424382gl_om
gloom87116522gloom
glum75825102gl_um
golem8416112gole_m
gram77034582g_ram
great66034242great
ilea45931462ilea_
ileac75814172ileac
ileal56118082ileal
ileum74512822ileum
lam57666712_l_am
lea37660182_lea_
lead56038852_lead
leaf76441032_leaf
leak86233712_leak
leal46043272_leal
lean46345242_lean
leap66032682_leap
lear47045952_lear
leas45954182_leas
loam65630482_loam
olea46532722olea_
oleum73613322oleum
plea66830602plea_
plead85818462plead
pleas75627032pleas
pleat74734472pleat
ream65841612_ream
seam66645972_seam
slam67737972sl_am
steam76322932steam
team66238652_team
ulema7109712ulema
ylem9217892yle_m

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800941.34340059.6
3Display Results94940.0332848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691941.689105796.9
 
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