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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 “tread” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

138 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
tread6482170(None) 
bread85523111bread
dread74419021dread
oread64619601oread
read55942531_read
thread105011091thread
trad55630911tr_ad
treads74817921treads
treat56240351treat
treed65626731treed
trend64817451trend
triad65217721triad
ahead96817052ahead
area45843392area_
areae55229742areae
areal55928732areal
areas55935772areas
bead75937922_bead
brad75234342br_ad
breads95419202breads
bready124511182bready
break115319402break
bream95121812bream
bred75130972bre_d
breed85526692breed
broad84817692broad
creak115418432creak
cream95721352cream
cred76530882cre_d
creed85727392creed
dead65434242_dead
dreads84115022dreads
dream85120392dream
drear65016902drear
dreed75222842dreed
dryad10477582dryad
freak125115242freak
freed95223542freed
fremd115010322fremd
grad66829862gr_ad
great66034242great
greed75125692greed
head87137172_head
ired55131872ire_d
knead10429662knead
lead56038852_lead
mead75531602_mead
orad56031692or_ad
oreads73915772oreads
outread82811092outread
plead85818462plead
preed85128122preed
rad47662002_r_ad
readd74617132_readd
reads64835272_reads
ready94821502_ready
real45750292_real
ream65841612_ream
reap65934742_reap
rear45644552_rear
red46755802_re_d
redd66323172_redd
reed55549622_reed
rend56136572_rend
reread71715432reread
retread849002retread
road56332112_road
spread9312532spread
stead65520272stead
streak104613622streak
stream84717292stream
tad47959822t__ad
tared69340052tare_d
tea37353322t_ea_
teak85930842t_eak
teal45546502t_eal
team66238652t_eam
tear45242882t_ear
teas45851492t_eas
teat45963632t_eat
ted46446562t_e_d
teed55439262t_eed
tend56433772t_end
terai53525482terai
threads11419952threads
thready14435902thready
threap11569662threap
threat95020462threat
tied55535212tie_d
tired65228902tire_d
toad55830182t_oad
toea46732332toea_
toeas55726422toeas
toed56137042toe_d
trade65026042tr_ade
tram67034552tr_am
trap67532802tr_ap
tray77632592tr_ay
treaded95014282treaded
treader84113832treader
treadle8310102treadle
treated83618702treated
treats64821692treats
treaty94414352treaty
tree47745812tre_e
treen55622752treen
trees55835762trees
tref77030992tre_f
trefah1235092trefah
trek86222312tre_k
treks96016852treks
trends75513542trends
trendy10469602trendy
trepan82511672trepan
trepid9310082trepid
tres46542902tre_s
tress55423162tress
tret46653532tre_t
trets55928022trets
trews86118892trews
trey77228792tre_y
treys85018212treys
triac74116372triac
triads74513532triads
trial54926352trial
tried65026912tried
troak95213572troak
trod57627952tr_od
trued65117692trued
tweak1257752tweak
tweed94915092tweed
tyred95816432tyre_d
unread73412672unread
untread857412untread
urea46528052urea_
ureal56722682ureal
ureas55826012ureas
wreak125513272wreak

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 Filter178691538000.623286823.4
2DLD Change Limit538001381.59333772.8
3Display Results1381380.0334181.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911382.24979453.5
 
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