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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 “dreary” 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.

50 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
dreary10461167(None) 
deary95826841d_eary
dreamy12509991dreamy
drear65016901drear_
drears74614251drears
ariary94114202ariary
aweary1237302aweary
bleary115112552bleary
bready124511182bready
briary114912002briary
creaky154911552creaky
creamy134811362creamy
creasy114612302creasy
datary10310242datary
dear55343602d_ear_
dearly104615322d_early
dears65736882d_ears
decry115514352d_ecry
denary105316862denary
deray95024182dera_y
derry94721372d_erry
diary95016972d_iary
dietary1158662dietary
dray85428092dr_a_y
dread74419022drea_d
dreads84115022dreads
dream85120392drea_m
dreams94513982dreams
dreamt94615712dreamt
drearily1236082drearily
drecky16486332drecky
dreggy12364632dreggy
dressy10518142dressy
freaky16439232freaky
friary124010092friary
greasy10419462greasy
leary85927382_leary
prearm104512342prearm
predry1237862predry
ready94821502_ready
rear45644552_rear_
rearm75923562_rearm
rears54739652_rears
redry94314362_redry
refry114412462_refry
retry84718082_retry
smeary114110802smeary
teary85124052_teary
treaty94414352treaty
weary115620612_weary

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551502.32635490.5
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.46872403.2
 
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