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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 “beclothe” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

38 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
beclothe154502(None) 
beclothed1744121beclothed
beclothes1645011beclothes
reclothe1345731reclothe
bedclothes1852152bedclothes
besoothe1343782besoothe
clothe114712992__clothe
reclothed1544592reclothed
reclothes1445642reclothes
unclothe1345702unclothe
becloak1545043beclo_ak
becloaked1843733becloaked
becloaks1644933becloaks
beclog1136863beclo__g
beclogged1643143beclogged
beclogs1237073beclo_gs
beclothing1843873beclothing
becloud1246293beclo_ud
beclouded1543503beclouded
beclouds1345373beclouds
beclown1435423beclo_wn
beclowned1743243beclowned
beclowns1544683beclowns
become123312593bec_o_me
besoothed1543663besoothed
besoothes1443763besoothes
betroth1247543betroth_
betrothed1544943betrothed
betroths1345633betroths
blithe115810863b__lithe
cloche134312373__cloche
cloth105817543__cloth_
clothed134010283__clothed
clothes124513813__clothes
cloths115512483__cloths
eclogue1044503_eclogue
unclothed1545433unclothed
unclothes1445143unclothes

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162386.73321708.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.17224915.1
 
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