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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 “vealiest” 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.

38 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
vealiest11251320(None) 
mealiest102215971mealiest
beadiest113815532beadiest
beakiest143313462beakiest
beamiest123212762beamiest
coaliest10316222coaliest
deadliest1138182deadliest
earliest82415242_earliest
easiest72318772_easiest
eeliest73516472_eeliest
featliest1238362featliest
headiest123015552headiest
heaviest143210442heaviest
leadiest93314982leadiest
leafiest113410882leafiest
leakiest123212792leakiest
leariest83117842leariest
leaviest112910812leaviest
mealies92821932mealies_
measliest1147172measliest
meatiest102816792meatiest
nearliest949362nearliest
paliest93021602_paliest
peakiest143512992peakiest
pearliest1139352pearliest
peatiest103118802peatiest
readiest93719042readiest
realest73322432real_est
realist73225382reali_st
scaliest101714392scaliest
seamiest102715412seamiest
shaliest111415052shaliest
teariest82417262teariest
vealier102712172vealie_r
veiniest1139382veiniest
veriest103719132ve_riest
weakliest1635852weakliest
weariest112914792weariest

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059383.40635542.9
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691383.56250165.9
 
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