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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 “needy” 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.

76 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
needy9461469(None) 
deedy104315891deedy
neddy10479871neddy
need54934151need_
needs65719631needs
nerdy95014701nerdy
reedy910020281reedy
seedy94821531seedy
weedy125115001weedy
beady114719922beady
beedi8711662beedi
beefy135313832beefy
beery105220122beery
bendy115017252bendy
deed65340902deed_
deeds75423762deeds
eddy93912092_eddy
eely77725212_eely
eery76129622_eery
enemy1059992enemy
feed84538902feed_
feeds94921142feeds
geed65435502geed_
geeky134710732geeky
greedy11518842greedy
heady125117262heady
heed86437602heed_
heeds95420422heeds
jeed125428502jeed_
kneed104612052kneed_
leady95618602leady
leery85919132leery
meed74934702meed_
meeds84920272meeds
nee36657782nee__
needed84114442needed
needer73614952needer
needily1166322needily
needle73310612needle
neem67328082nee_m
neems77316292neems
neep65728312nee_p
neeps75617882neeps
nelly84618812nelly
nerd56624942nerd_
nerds65719252nerds
nervy114610862nervy
netty85816762netty
newly114610202newly
newsy11489392newsy
noddy105411202noddy
peed76239182peed_
peery105719442peery
perdy115417322perdy
ready94821502ready
reed55549622reed_
reeds65430902reeds
reefy114217702reefy
reeky125416262reeky
remedy1237862remedy
seed55549482seed_
seeds64330062seeds
seely84522632seely
seepy104717972seepy
sneery93610412sneery
sneezy18345272sneezy
speedy1218410782speedy
teddy10489492teddy
teed55439262teed_
teeny85417882teeny
tweedy13455932tweedy
veery115816252veery
weed85637512weed_
weeds95222212weeds
weeny115316162weeny
weepy134212592weepy

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800762.36022796.6
3Display Results76760.0461652.2
 (SQL Overall)178691762.49971505.0
 
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