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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 “leavy” 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.

96 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
leavy11571577(None) 
heavy144814181heavy
leady95618601leady
leafy116316211leafy
leaky125217721leaky
leary85927381leary
leave84723721leave
levy106418501le_vy
peavy135014841peavy
beady114719922beady
beaky146118022beaky
beamy126218572beamy
bevy127115222be_vy
bleary115112552bleary
cavy125920002_cavy
cleave114212512cleave
davy116015522_davy
deary95826842deary
deave95022332deave
easy76224492_easy
eave75733582_eave
envy10411252_envy
gleamy12398112gleamy
gravy125512112gravy
heady125117262heady
heapy135914982heapy
heave114521812heave
lacy95829632l_acy
lady86527152l_ady
laevo849362laevo
laky116725822l_aky
lav66847342l_av_
lava76725422l_ava
lave75642142l_ave
lavs76734152l_avs
lay68865352l_a_y
lazy166423072l_azy
lea37660182lea__
leach105422522leach
leachy14419732leachy
lead56038852lea_d
leads66028492leads
leaf76441032lea_f
leafs85721182leafs
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
leaved105719022leaved
leaven95013072leaven
leaver94321512leaver
leaves94222382leaves
ledgy105712022ledgy
leery85919132leery
lefty115613562lefty
legacy1256652legacy
leggy105210242leggy
lev66139422le_v_
leva77020712le_va
levo76820062le_vo
ley66246812le__y
lezzy16608082lezzy
loamy105913342loamy
mealy104422182mealy
meany104620482meany
meaty107021312meaty
navy107518632_navy
nervy114610862nervy
peaky145718152peaky
peaty105725692peaty
peavey14398792peavey
ready94821502ready
reave84528022reave
seamy105921272seamy
sleave94714152sleave
sleazy18267392sleazy
teary85124052teary
vealy115817772vealy
wavy136620472_wavy
weary115620612weary
weave115218532weave

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800961.57634137.1
3Display Results96960.0303200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691961.93692299.1
 
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