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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 “becudgel” 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.

34 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
becudgel145216(None) 
becudgels1541621becudgels
becudgeled1761362becudgeled
cudgel1036702__cudgel
bechamel1754283bechamel
becquerel2251803becquerel
becudgeling1851213becudgeling
becudgelled186973becudgelled
becurse1136183becurse_
becursed1335593becursed
becurses1236723becurses
bedel84219403be__d_el
befuddle1542103befuddle
begrudge1362343begrudge_
begrudged1562333begrudged
begrudger1471833begrudger
begrudges1472363begrudges
bemuddle1442843bemuddle
besmudge1442283besmudge_
besmudged1642233besmudged
besmudges1542413besmudges
bludge104210973b_ludge_
bludged12439313b_ludged
bludger11419563b_ludger
bludges114511123b_ludges
budge94619883b__udge_
budged114517243b__udged
budger104617713b__udger
budges104820133b__udges
budget104618123b__udget
cudgels1135333__cudgels
rejudge1634023rejudge_
rejudged1833633rejudged
rejudges1734153rejudges

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162346.26623326.2
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691346.70226662.3
 
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