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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 “speedread” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

30 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
speedread134238(None) 
speedreads1451871speedreads
speeded113310422speed_e_d
speered103614812spee_re_d
beebread1343243_beebread
peered93819493_pee_re_d
seedbed11246613s_eedbe_d
seeded84520463s_eed_e_d
sheephead1863893sheephead
sheered113515453shee_re_d
shewbread1842043shewbread
sneered83113973snee_re_d
speared104314423sp_eare_d
spearhead1542983spearhead
speedboat1453363speedboat
speeder103811073speed_e_r
speeders11339313speed_ers
speedier1146623speedie_r
speediest1257463speediest
speedreading1761733speedreading
speedway1743313speed_way
speedwell1571593speedwell
speeled103712453spee_le_d
speired103811103sp_eire_d
sphered133512313sphe_re_d
spiered104412463spie_re_d
spread9312533sp___read
steelhead1343193steelhead
steered83615253stee_re_d
sweetbread16111853sweetbread

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.846211218.7
2DLD Change Limit148641308.87316752.1
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691309.71918385.7
 
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