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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 “oreads” 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.

73 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
oreads7391577(None) 
breads95419201breads
dreads84115021dreads
oread64619601oread_
reads64835271_reads
treads74817921treads
areas55935772area_s
beads85429502_beads
boreas85421732borea_s
brads85528292br_ads
bread85523112bread_
bready124511182bready
breaks124816422breaks
breams104815042breams
breeds94914882breeds
broads94515152broads
coheads13289232coheads
coleads102911422coleads
creaks124315962creaks
creams104715252creams
creds85418772cre_ds
creeds94714772creeds
deads75726912_deads
dread74419022dread_
dreams94513982dreams
drears74614252drears
dryads11436622dryads
freaks134713062freaks
grads75625752gr_ads
greats76318392greats
greeds84314282greeds
heads95127112_heads
kneads11357092kneads
leads66028492_leads
meads85425322_meads
obeahs1135862obeahs
oceans81211002oceans
octads987332octads
orad56031692or_ad_
orals55826482or_als
orcas75918622orca_s
ordeals877992ordeals
oreide7311672oreide
oreides8312022oreides
ores46056682ore__s
organs7912912organs
orgeats838352orgeats
outreads9289002outreads
pleads94613952pleads
rads56046602_r_ads
read55942532_read_
readd74617132_readd
readds84111642_readds
ready94821502_ready
reals55038652_reals
reams75729622_reams
reaps75626192_reaps
rears54739652_rears
redds74617832_redds
reds56042862_re_ds
reeds65430902_reeds
rends65129952_rends
rereads81512292rereads
roads66523622_roads
spreads1039762spreads
steads74116222steads
threads11419952threads
tread64821702tread_
treats64821692treats
trends75513542trends
triads74513532triads
ureas55826012urea_s
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 Limit82551732.45333653.1
3Display Results73730.0164562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691732.81263545.9
 
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