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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 “steeve” 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.

49 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
steeve9371090(None) 
sheeve123412841sheeve
sleeve93411591sleeve
steeved113610131steeved
steeves103410901steeves
keeve124512132_keeve
peeve104915252_peeve
reeve84121322_reeve
serve85425962s_erve
sheave124514002sheave
sheeves133911952sheeves
shelve124012762shelve
sieve84918842s_ieve
sleave94714152sleave
sleeved11419912sleeved
sleeves103311342sleeves
slieve9359272slieve
sneeze15318522sneeze
starve94613742starve
stave85324992st_ave
steed66024942stee_d
steeds73814882steeds
steek95418002stee_k
steeked124010472steeked
steeks103613702steeks
steel55721992stee_l
steeled83513212steeled
steelie7310212steelie
steels64117982steels
steely93612572steely
steep76020702stee_p
steeped103412282steeped
steepen9348652steepen
steeper93812772steeper
steeple937322steeple
steeps85215192steeps
steer55423862stee_r
steered83615252steered
steerer73113632steerer
steers63820982steers
stelae63716482stelae
stele55026842st_ele
stelene7310252stelene
steppe10319872steppe
stere55328542st_ere
stove85220252st_ove
strive95020962strive
strove95014792strove
swerve1256292swerve

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551492.53032628.9
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.90661490.4
 
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