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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 “speedy” 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.

52 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
speedy121841079(None) 
seedy94821531s_eedy
speed85526621speed_
speedo94011991speedo
speeds94316051speeds
spendy124911141spendy
deedy104315892_deedy
greedy11518852greedy
needy94614692_needy
peed76239182_peed_
peery105719442_peery
perdy115417332_perdy
reedy910020292_reedy
seed55549482s_eed_
seeds64330062s_eeds
seely84522632s_eely
seepy104717972s_eepy
sheeny124912192sheeny
skeed105018982skeed_
sleeky13398962sleeky
sleepy11479412sleepy
sleety94112652sleety
sneery93610412sneery
sneezy18345272sneezy
spaed85522272spaed_
sped76031492sp_ed_
speech1347562speech
speeded113310422speeded
speeder103811072speeder
speedily1465182speedily
speedos10298262speedos
speedup1272982speedup
speedway1743312speedway
speel74420762spee_l
speels85116392speels
speer74623902spee_r
speers85019952speers
spend85619332spend_
spends94714472spends
spewed125512332spewed_
sphery14318882sphery
spied85427712spied_
spleeny1234562spleeny
spued84918472spued_
steady103510202steady
steed66024942steed_
steeds73814882steeds
steely93612572steely
sweeny12358842sweeny
sweepy14447452sweepy
tweedy13455932tweedy
weedy125115002_weedy

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551522.67330883.3
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.03258935.0
 
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