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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 “cheat” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

125 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
cheat10573245(None) 
chat95546131ch_at
cheap126915941cheap
cheats114519541cheats
chert105232101chert
chest104926141chest
cleat76335061cleat
heat77061421_heat
wheat114924571wheat
ahead96817052ahead
beat66168302_beat
bleat75737002bleat
carat75048792carat
cat58282342c__at
caveat11417722caveat
celt65646712c_elt
cent67451012c_ent
chad105525502ch_ad
chaeta11310682chaeta
chai95929902ch_ai
cham115532312ch_am
chant105932692chant
chao95727312ch_ao
chap114928492ch_ap
chapt125827642chapt
char95132152ch_ar
chart105038282chart
chats105730092ch_ats
chaw126224632ch_aw
chay124924872ch_ay
cheapo134810082cheapo
cheaps134613682cheaps
cheated134416342cheated
cheater124816962cheater
check164714712check
cheek145115712cheek
cheep125416502cheep
cheer105420382cheer
chef125125622che_f
chefs136214662chefs
chela103916802chela
chelae113614612chelae
chelas113817202chelas
chelate122914902chelate
chemo12313632chemo
cherts115617232cherts
cherty144612472cherty
chess105016922chess
chests114916262chests
chesty144610502chesty
chetah14399582chetah
cheth135013822cheth
chevy16479992chevy
chew126622132che_w
chews135418512chews
chewy165011902chewy
chez184519022che_z
chia96026622chia_
chiao105618362chiao
chias104625522chias
chit96937462ch_it
chott103923932chott
clean75420412clean
clear76219052clear
cleats84919312cleats
cleft106222852cleft
clept95725772clept
coat67558352c_oat
cohead123811122cohead
creak115418432creak
cream95721352cream
create85126382create
crept95125892crept
crest74632692crest
eat36989052__eat
escheat12410412escheat
feat76458222_feat
ghat86435282gh_at
great66034242great
haet75659502_haet
hat67289962_h_at
head87137172_head
heal75645692_heal
heap96432892_heap
hear76143882_hear
heart85440742_heart
heath115724282_heath
heats85838402_heats
heft106736292_heft
hent76656382_hent
hest75950772_hest
het67674312_he_t
khat116730732kh_at
khet116328632khe_t
meat66359602_meat
neat46356782_neat
peat65967932_peat
phat95837862ph_at
pleat74734472pleat
recheat12415932recheat
reheat94423942reheat
rhea75017432rhea_
rheas84816952rheas
seat47575562_seat
shat76456602sh_at
shea76031572shea_
sheaf115424122sheaf
sheal84927702sheal
shear85424832shear
sheas86331792sheas
sheath12412892sheath
sheet84836962sheet
shent85933502shent
shoat85633952shoat
sweat85628402sweat
teat45963632_teat
that75639322th_at
theft114118132theft
theta83414572theta
threat95020462threat
treat56240352treat
what105434072wh_at
wheal115716182wheal
wheats125013222wheats
whet105133782whe_t

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 Filter178691538000.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit538001251.54634799.5
3Display Results1251250.0304166.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911251.95291542.5
 
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