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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 “beadinesses” 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.

28 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
beadinesses144956(None) 
headinesses1539841headinesses
readinesses12611271readinesses
badnesses1239252b_ad_nesses
bandinesses14109732bandinesses
bawdinesses17126322bawdinesses
beadiness12249232beadine_s_s
beefinesses1675952beefinesses
beerinesses1398922beerinesses
blearinesses1446542blearinesses
deadlinesses1446222deadlinesses
deadnesses1238942dead_nesses
easinesses10314442_easinesses
heavinesses1747452heavinesses
leafinesses1437872leafinesses
leakinesses1538472leakinesses
mealinesses13310972mealinesses
meatinesses13311982meatinesses
needinesses1258102needinesses
nerdinesses1249052nerdinesses
reedinesses1259562reedinesses
seaminesses13310752seaminesses
seedinesses1259202seedinesses
shadinesses1538642shadinesses
steadinesses1346902steadinesses
tearinesses11311692tearinesses
wearinesses14310212wearinesses
weedinesses1557072weedinesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691868080.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit86808282.19039638.4
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691282.57669367.6
 
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