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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 “peavy” 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.

86 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
peavy13501484(None) 
heavy144814181heavy
leavy115715771leavy
peaky145718151peaky
peaty105725691peaty
peavey14398791peavey
beady114719922beady
beaky146118022beaky
beamy126218572beamy
bevy127115222be_vy
cavy125920002_cavy
davy116015522_davy
deary95826842deary
deave95022332deave
easy76224492_easy
eave75733582_eave
envy10411252_envy
gravy125512112gravy
heady125117262heady
heapy135914982heapy
heave114521812heave
leady95618602leady
leafy116316212leafy
leaky125217722leaky
leary85927382leary
leave84723722leave
levy106418502le_vy
mealy104422182mealy
meany104620482meany
meaty107021312meaty
navy107518632_navy
nervy114610862nervy
pacy115328682p_acy
paly95835532p_aly
paty95234562p_aty
pave96133892p_ave
pay88461182p_a_y
pea56657242pea__
peace95026082peace
peach125422492peach
peachy164510842peachy
peag75431342pea_g
peage84723572peage
peags86122842peags
peak106535202pea_k
peaks114825622peaks
peal68648102pea_l
peals75235492peals
pean66147172pea_n
peans75437642peans
pear69745232pea_r
pearl75324462pearl
pearly116414842pearly
pears75138612pears
peart76440752peart
peas65755062pea_s
pease75231112pease
peat65967932pea_t
peats76140192peats
peaveys15324062peaveys
pecky165515092pecky
peery105719442peery
peeve104915252peeve
penny105119452penny
peony105717562peony
peppy114310362peppy
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
perry105222712perry
perv97224812perv_
pervs105117372pervs
pesky145911562pesky
pesty106421712pesty
petty105320292petty
platy105021662platy
play95928982pla_y
pray96331532pra_y
privy13439832privy
ready94821502ready
reave84528022reave
seamy105921272seamy
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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800861.43637465.2
3Display Results86860.0165375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691861.748102226.0
 
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