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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forread” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

23 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
read5594253(None) 
bead75937921bead
bread85523111bread
dead65434241dead
dread74419021dread
head87137171head
lead56038851lead
mead75531601mead
oread64619601oread
rad47662001r_ad
readd74617131readd
reads64835271reads
ready94821501ready
real45750291real
ream65841611ream
reap65934741reap
rear45644551rear
red46755801re_d
redd66323171redd
reed55549621reed
rend56136571rend
road56332111road
tread64821701tread

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit13983230.25055932.0
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691230.342522488.3