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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 “pealike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

45 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
pealike13121127(None) 
peaklike13115371peaklike
peglike14136771peglike
tealike111111081tealike
alike95523962__alike
apelike13310532ape_like
beadlike15137252beadlike
beaklike13155772beaklike
beamlike16115842beamlike
beanlike14146842beanlike
bearlike14156792bearlike
bedlike14369532bedlike
beelike13379782beelike
belike124616282be_like
eellike1138232eellike
gemlike14206812gemlike
henlike1448692henlike
jetlike18276762jetlike
leaflike1534712leaflike
leglike12136842leglike
mealie82519812meali_e
netlike11308912netlike
pealing104123202pealing
pearlite1039442pearlite
pelite84323002pe_lite
penalise101013762penalise
penalize19912752penalize
penlite9313242penlite
perlite9317322perlite
petaline10314882petaline
petallike1554632petallike
piglike14157312piglike
playlike1735612playlike
podlike14108552podlike
poetlike1436732poetlike
potlike13910122potlike
praline93019742praline
puslike1347562puslike
realise73021812realise
realize162717082realize
seallike12108322seallike
seamlike14127182seamlike
spearlike1544142spearlike
unalike11311532unalike
weblike1635922weblike

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671453.03335499.8
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.41952264.1
 
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