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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 “becrawling” 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.

44 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
becrawling184361(None) 
becrowding1943372becrowding
brawling143210042b__rawling
crawling143110512__crawling
scrawling15195582_scrawling
bawling133813863b___awling
becalming1635283bec_alming
becapping1834243bec_apping
bechalking2244113bechalking
bechancing2044443bechancing
becharming2044303becharming
beclasping17134073beclasping
beclowning1843423beclowning
becrawl1444583becrawl___
becrawled1743123becrawl_ed
becrawls1543623becrawl__s
becriming1646363becr_iming
becrusting1544603becrusting
bedraggling1761573bedraggling
bedraping1535383bedra_ping
befalling15226503be_falling
begalling13216493be_galling
behowling1843683be_howling
beraking153612973be_ra_king
berating113220763be_ra_ting
betraying1537713betra_ying
bewailing1536063be_wailing
bewrapping2042493bewrapping
bewraying1834873bewra_ying
brailing113514793b__railing
craaling112711353__craaling
cradling122411453__cradling
declawing1636213declaw_ing
decrowning1743593decrowning
derailing112011313de_railing
drawling13318673__drawling
outcrawling1743653outcrawling
recalling122211903rec_alling
recoaling121312453recoa_ling
recrating121318793recra_ting
recrowning1645213recrowning
redrawing1437213redraw_ing
sprawling15175123_sprawling
trawling122710783__trawling

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603446.45321788.8
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691446.88925938.6
 
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