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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 “leachy” 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.

41 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
leachy1441973(None) 
beachy164011251beachy
leach105422521leach_
peachy164510841peachy
achy126316092__achy
beach124623892beach_
beechy16397502beechy
bleach133611402bleach_
deathy134210232deathy
each95530582_each_
heathy156111212heathy
lacey105820912l_acey
lacy95829632l_ac_y
lathy115215062l_athy
leached133715042leached
leacher124014842leacher
leaches123319342leaches
leady95618602lea_dy
leafy116316212lea_fy
leaky125217722lea_ky
leally94012612leally
lealty92910602lealty
leanly93811502leanly
leary85927382lea_ry
leash85519212leash_
leavy115715772lea_vy
lech96825442le_ch_
leech104913212leech_
legacy1256652legac_y
letch105215802letch_
loach105116362loach_
peach125422492peach_
pleach134211242pleach_
poachy16388962poachy
preachy17307312preachy
reach105123882reach_
reechy14367822reechy
teach105221122teach_
techy135612012te_chy
tetchy1436002tetchy
yechy16519082ye_chy

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 Limit82551412.36034979.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.71965719.4
 
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