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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 “meatheae” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

52 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
meathead1436791meathead
meatheads1545962meatheads
megathere1544732megathere
menthene1347032menthene
aesthete1145853aesthete
cathead1338753_cathead
deadhead1444433deadhead
esthete1047433_esthete
ethene93312923_e_thene
fathead1437863_fathead
feather133613503feathe_r
feathered16188893feathered
feathers143513243feathers
feathery17368073feathery
flathead1535803flathead
gearhead1344433gearhead
heathen133410893heathe_n
heathens143210153heathens
heather133914853heathe_r
heathered16149463heathered
heathers143914733heathers
heathery17349083heathery
leather103815783leathe_r
leathered13148713leathered
leathern11398913leathern
leathers114215083leathers
leathery14438973leathery
lethean1037093le_thean
machete14310883m_achete
masthead1435883masthead
meatal84114733meat__al
meated94222403meat_e_d
meatier93214613meatie_r
meatiest102816793meatiest
meatless103410863meatless
meatloaf1343633meatloaf
meatman1137903meat_man
meatmen1138243meatme_n
megatheres1644853megatheres
mentee84121293ment_e_e
menthenes1447703menthenes
mestee84523883mest_e_e
metalhead1543213metalhead
metamere1257353metamere
metatheses1544473metatheses
methane123211793me_thane
metopae1147743me_topae
neatherd12107193neatherd
tracheae1349113tracheae
weather133513223weathe_r
weathered16168513weathered
weathers143412833weathers

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162526.76621602.4
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691527.20224811.3
 
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