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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 “steady” 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.

45 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
steady10351020(None) 
stead65520271stead_
steads74116221steads
steamy115112371steamy
beady114719922_beady
bready124511182bready
heady125117262_heady
leady95618602_leady
ready94821502_ready
seamy105921272s_eamy
seedy94821532s_eedy
shady125416512s_hady
sleazy18267392sleazy
smeary114110802smeary
sneaky13427842sneaky
speedy1218410792speedy
spendy124911142spendy
stade64825302st_ade
stagy96618892st_agy
stay78333722st_a_y
steaded92811672steaded
steadily1236212steadily
steak95219802stea_k
steaks104415852steaks
steal56125472stea_l
steals64020062steals
steam76322932stea_m
steams84916902steams
steed66024942steed_
steeds73814882steeds
steely93612572steely
stemmy13417032stemmy
stewy116112062ste_wy
stey76224412ste__y
strawy1210312822strawy
stray88525572stra_y
streaky14447812streaky
streamy12509482streamy
study94411792st_udy
sturdy1037042sturdy
sweaty123710052sweaty
teary85124052_teary
teddy10489492_teddy
toady96814342_toady
unsteady1243512unsteady

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 Limit82551452.34335233.0
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.70266132.9
 
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