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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 “heredity” 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.

66 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
heredity154649(None) 
hereditary1752552hereditary
herewith1755192herewith
serenity1168962serenity
acridity1446913acridity
aridity11510113_aridity
brevity1534803_brevity
celerity1347643celerity
credit9315193_credit_
credits1039983_credits
crudity1336043_crudity
eremite9312833_eremite
erudite838483_erudite
feracity1646733feracity
ferity122813343fer__ity
ferocity1645993ferocity
fervidity1943033fervidity
fetidity1545863fetidity
gelidity1345573gelidity
greedily1345183greedily
hardily143310273har_dily
headily1478623he_adily
heeding123515063he_eding
helicity1648503helicity
herdic123112303her_di_c
herdics13249523her_dics
herding122915123her_ding
hereat93527413here_at_
hereaway1743683hereaway
hereby14468333here__by
heredes11313133hered_es
heredities1447223heredities
herein93717793here_i_n
hereinto1145443hereinto
heresies11312703heresies
heresy125011233here__sy
heretic12314833hereti_c
heretics13310503heretics
hereto9313693here__to
hereunto1143713hereunto
hermit11519443her_mit_
hermitry1644453her_mitry
hermits12312143her_mits
humidity1745233humidity
hybridity2172803hybridity
legerity1245713legerity
needily1166323ne_edily
overedit1249163overedit_
overedits1346823overedits
preedit10512463preedit_
preedits1168763preedits
reedify1465763re_edify
reedily1179613re_edily
reedit7617223re_edit_
reedits8511743re_edits
seedily1178583se_edily
serosity1148793serosity
severity1446973severity
temerity1346903temerity
tepidity1445603tepidity
therewith1843543therewith
veracity1647553veracity
verity123714853ver__ity
viridity1545913viridity
weedily1476123we_edily
wherewith2152713wherewith

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162666.65621959.4
3Display Results66660.0332000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691667.09525185.5
 
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