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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 “steadier” 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.

35 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
steadier93731(None) 
steadied1036561steadied
steadiers1035081steadiers
steadies9311121steadies
steamier1048301steamier
beadier103513912_beadier
headier113212952_headier
leadier83212722_leadier
readier83117422_readier
seamier93114632s_eamier
seedier83513632s_eedier
shadier113111152s_hadier
sleazier1735122sleazier
smearier1036952smearier
sneakier1245142sneakier
speedier1146622speedier
spendier1147142spendier
stagier83513442st_agier
staider83912612st_aider
steaded92811672stead_ed
steadiest1038512steadiest
steadily1236212steadily
steading103613592steading
stealer72913972stea_ler
steamer93313092stea_mer
steelier839182steelier
stemmier1245252stemmier
strawier1137482strawier
streakier1334842streakier
streamier1155762streamier
studier82510052st_udier
sturdier9216962sturdier
sweatier1147032sweatier
tearier73815612_tearier
unsteadier1152842unsteadier

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059353.97030493.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.12643308.5
 
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