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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 “readily” 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.

41 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
readily1171140(None) 
beadily1378841beadily
headily1478621headily
reedily1179611reedily
beamily1477392beamily
creakily1735392creakily
creamily1536362creamily
deadly113811472dead_ly
dreamily1435142dreamily
drearily1236082drearily
easily9313022_easily
freakily1835002freakily
greasily1236232greasily
greedily1345182greedily
heavily1665902heavily
leakily1436472leakily
meatily12311092meatily
needily1166322needily
racily11715172r_acily
readably1438382readably
readerly1245082readerly
readied93316622readied
readier83117422readier
readies83324712readies
reading93327212reading
ready94821502read__y
reality10313572reality
really93315612rea_lly
reapply1434322reapply
redly94217202re_d_ly
reedify1465762reedify
rowdily1436082rowdily
ruddily1236302ruddily
seedily1178582seedily
shadily1437722shadily
steadily1236212steadily
tearily10311152tearily
trendily1256442trendily
unreadily1344342unreadily
wearily1338782wearily
weedily1476122weedily

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671413.36032044.9
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691413.77947285.3
 
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