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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 “leafy” 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.

79 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
leafy11631621(None) 
leady95618601leady
leaf76441031leaf_
leafs85721181leafs
leaky125217721leaky
leary85927381leary
leavy115715771leavy
beady114719922beady
beaky146118022beaky
beamy126218572beamy
beefy135313832beefy
bleary115112552bleary
deaf85838402deaf_
deafly13389122deafly
deary95826842deary
defy114921262de_fy
deify124112762deify
easy76224492_easy
gleamy12398112gleamy
heady125117262heady
heapy135914982heapy
heavy144814182heavy
lacy95829632l_acy
lady86527152l_ady
laky116725822l_aky
lay68865352l_a_y
lazy166423072l_azy
lea37660182lea__
leach105422522leach
leachy14419732leachy
lead56038852lea_d
leads66028492leads
leafed105713872leafed
leak86233712lea_k
leaks95923912leaks
leal46043272lea_l
leally94012612leally
lealty92910602lealty
lean46345242lea_n
leanly93811502leanly
leans55536252leans
leant56737782leant
leap66032682lea_p
leaps75522932leaps
leapt75027472leapt
lear47045952lea_r
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leas45954182lea_s
lease55230262lease
leash85519212leash
least56134882least
leave84723722leave
ledgy105712022ledgy
leery85919132leery
left76340482le_ft
lefty115613562lefty
legacy1256652legacy
leggy105210242leggy
levy106418502le_vy
ley66246812le__y
lezzy16608082lezzy
loaf76734902loaf_
loafs85616992loafs
loamy105913342loamy
mealy104422182mealy
meany104620482meany
meaty107021312meaty
peaky145718152peaky
peaty105725692peaty
peavy135014842peavy
ready94821502ready
reefy114217702reefy
reify114814972reify
seamy105921272seamy
sleazy18267392sleazy
teary85124052teary
vealy115817772vealy
weary115620612weary

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800791.79629955.5
3Display Results79790.0164937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691792.12584089.9
 
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