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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forweeds” 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.

19 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
weeds9522221(None) 
deeds75423761deeds
feeds94921141feeds
heeds95420421heeds
meeds84920271meeds
needs65719631needs
reeds65430901reeds
seeds64330061seeds
tweeds10498431tweeds
weds86628931w_eds
weed85637511weed_
weedy125115001weedy
weeks125017861weeks
weens85224051weens
weeps104120561weeps
wees76249121wee_s
weets85427721weets
welds94719161welds
wends95822811wends

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 Filter178691287560.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit28756190.51655728.7
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691190.642278334.9