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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 “leash” 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.

128 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
leash8551921(None) 
deash95617241deash
lash76539651l_ash
leach105422521leach
leas45954181leas_
lease55230261lease
least56134881least
abash106016512abash
ash67944602__ash
awash116613162awash
bash915240162_bash
beach124623892beach
beast76338642beast
bleach133611402bleach
brash106221562brash
cash96636282_cash
cease75227652cease
clash106219032clash
crash109120012crash
dash87031632_dash
death94822522death
each95530582_each
ease45042332_ease
east46659102_east
easy76224492_easy
eath75735662_eath
fash107232292_fash
fease84824872fease
feast85932722feast
flash115716212flash
fleas86423662fleas_
flesh115013742fle_sh
gash86833022_gash
gnash9449832gnash
hash106936502_hash
heath115724282heath
keas86337092keas_
lakh114919952l_akh
las37281472l_as_
lase46148512l_ase
lass47444542l_ass
last46260322l_ast
lath76640382l_ath
lavash12597372lavash
lea37660182lea__
leachy14419732leachy
lead56038852lea_d
leads66028492leads
leady95618602leady
leaf76441032lea_f
leafs85721182leafs
leafy116316212leafy
leak86233712lea_k
leaks95923912leaks
leaky125217722leaky
leal46043272lea_l
lean46345242lea_n
leans55536252leans
leant56737782leant
leap66032682lea_p
leaps75522932leaps
leapt75027472leapt
lear47045952lea_r
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
leased74722882leased
leaser65322672leaser
leases65428112leases
leashed113211162leashed
leashes103514402leashes
leasts64616412leasts
leave84723722leave
leavy115715772leavy
lech96825442le_ch
leech104913212leech
lees45455882lees_
legs56133692legs_
leis45739602leis_
leks85427602leks_
lens46146492lens_
lense54523432lense
les35663072le_s_
less45635102le_ss
lest46956322le_st
letch105215802letch
lets47147942lets_
leys76430182leys_
loach105116362loach
loath84918602loath
lush75327692l_ush
lyase85512412lyase
mash96039402_mash
mensh105413562mensh
mesh96823002me_sh
neath86020282neath
pash95638132_pash
peach125422492peach
peas65755062peas_
pease75231112pease
plash104616562plash
pleach134211242pleach
pleas75627032pleas_
please84315732please
quash174512162quash
rash76039932_rash
reach105123882reach
rehash1237432rehash
resh76523452re_sh
rewash1237672rewash
sash77235302_sash
seas45755272seas_
slash84719682slash
smash104814432smash
snash84815672snash
stash84916972stash
swash116316752swash
teach105221122teach
teas45851492teas_
tease55428712tease
trash86119762trash
unleash1034962unleash
wash106033812_wash
welsh113110362welsh
yeah106725412yea_h
yeahs115214552yeahs
yeas78638422yeas_
yeast85327942yeast

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001281.67332157.8
3Display Results1281280.0462782.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911282.03287938.5
 
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