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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forstepdames” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

20 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
stepdames144333(None) 
stepdame1343621stepdame_
beldames1336803_beldames
mesdames1346043_mesdames
sedates83418043s_e_dates
seepages1137283seep_ages
septages1168263s_eptages
septimes1238303s_eptimes
sesames9310743s_e_sames
steadies9311123stead_ies
stealages1046043stealages
steamed103712143ste__amed
steamer93313093ste__amer
steamers103410873ste__amers
steams84916903ste__am_s
stearates939453stearates
steerages1046493steerages
stemwares1444523stemwares
steppes113110693step__pes
stoppages1444693stoppages

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641207.50319810.9
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691207.93622516.5