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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 “heedful” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

54 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
heedful144431(None) 
headful1445561headful
needful1143861needful
cheekful2042822cheekful
cheerful1643982cheerful
handful14127252handful
headfuls1544312headfuls
heedfully1943152heedfully
helpful1543962helpful
needfuls1242402needfuls
sheenful1443612sheenful
teenful1045562teenful
unheedful1661902unheedful
aidful1057073_aidful
cheekfuls2142433cheekfuls
chestful1644243chestful
dreadful1343223dreadful
earful958963_earful
eyeful1235903_eyeful
fearful1345593fearful
fretful1346143fretful
gleeful1144323gleeful
handfuls15115753handfuls
handsful1544083handsful
harmful1535763harmful
hateful13107683hateful
hatful12108743h_atful
hatsful13106193hatsful
heed86437603heed___
heeded114215763heed_ed
heeder104216043heed_er
heeders114213743heeders
heeding123515063heeding
heeds95420423heed__s
heel75034223hee___l
honeyful1743533honeyful
hopeful1545903hopeful
hurtful1344853hurtful
hushful1644333hushful
ireful948713ire_ful
jestful1745333jestful
mindful1344613mindful
needfully1642983needfully
peepul1035783pee_pul
restful1038623restful
rueful948203rue_ful
shelfful1742423shelfful
sneerful1143553sneerful
tearful1046033tearful
unneedful1351763unneedful
useful947013use_ful
waeful1238123wae_ful
woeful1236363woe_ful
zestful1945243zestful

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit134027545.65623696.4
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691546.09229332.1
 
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