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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 “southeasterly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

34 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
southeasterly197202(None) 
northeasterly1972112northeasterly
southeaster1453632southeaster__
southeastern1562622southeaster_n
southeasters1553302southeaster_s
southwesterly2271542southwesterly
softheartedly2362203softheartedly
stoutheartedly2171703stoutheartedly
northeaster1453524northeaster__
northeastern1562624northeaster_n
northeasters1553394northeaster_s
northwesterly2271584northwesterly
softheadedly2361704softhea_dedly
southeast1246794southeast____
southeasts1344234southeast___s
southeastward20101454southeastward
southeastwards21121224southeastwards
southerly1544184south____erly
southwester1782514southwester__
southwestern1871984southwester_n
southwesters1862374southwester_s
coldheartedly2382025coldheartedly
downheartedly2461855downheartedly
easterly11246645_____easterly
hotheadedly2261855ho_thea_dedly
outdatedly1552145_out_da_tedly
outfeasted1444315_outfeaste__d
outmaster1147305_out_master__
outmastered1452775_out_mastered
outmasters1245735_out_master_s
scoutmaster1562495scout_master__
scoutmasters1652515scout_master_s
softhearted1873105softhearte__d
stouthearted16112505stouthearte__d

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit124790349.47013177.4
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691349.88918069.7
 
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