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

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

17 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
lease5523026(None) 
cease75227651cease
ease45042331_ease
fease84824871fease
lase46148511l_ase
leas45954181leas_
leased74722881leased
leaser65322671leaser
leases65428111leases
leash85519211leash
least56134881least
leave84723721leave
lense54523431lense
lyase85512411lyase
pease75231111pease
please84315731please
tease55428711tease

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 Filter178691287560.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit28756170.90631739.5
3Display Results17170.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691171.206148168.3