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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 “beauty” 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.

29 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
beauty11541016(None) 
beaut75135211beaut_
beauts86015281beauts
banty106624002b_anty
batty105422242b_atty
bawty135614102b_awty
beachy164011252beachy
beady114719922bea_dy
beaky146118022bea_ky
beamy126218572bea_my
beast76338642beast_
beastly1277562beastly
beasts84519722beasts
beat66168302bea_t_
beats76042242bea_ts
beau66137272beau__
beaus75127112beau_s
beautify1643182beautify
beaux146513212beau_x
blasty115611052blasty
bratty1159682bratty
deputy12426712deputy
fealty122910222fealty
hearty126313632hearty
lealty92910602lealty
meaty107021312mea_ty
peaty105725692pea_ty
realty92713692realty
yeasty12438692yeasty

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551292.58031996.5
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691292.69066427.9
 
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