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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 “beasties” 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.

29 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
beasties10251465(None) 
beastie92412431beastie_
beauties10229521beauties
blasties102113631blasties
banties94324762b_anties
bastes85330382b_ast_es
bastiles10313352b_astiles
bawties124214312b_awties
beanies93821092bea_nies
beastings12387652beastings
beastlier1144202beastlier
beastliest1244662beastliest
beasts84519722beast__s
bestirs9311132be_stirs
bheesties1443922bheesties
bhisties1339002bhisties
blastie92411392blastie_
blastier10249492blastier
blastiest111710052blastiest
brassies103613532brassies
easies64126632_eas_ies
fealties1139992fealties
hearties11315412hearties
lealties8310792lealties
nasties73520492_nasties
pasties94529812_pasties
realties8514852realties
yeastier1135392yeastier
yeastiest1237202yeastiest

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059293.29636729.1
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.68548491.5
 
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