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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 “bedeafening” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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79 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
bedeafening185210(None) 
deafening1476272__deafening
bedamning1534183bed_a_mning
bedarkening1942193bedarkening
bedeafen1443343bedeafe__n_
bedeafened1751503bedeafen_ed
bedeafens1542413bedeafe__ns
bediapering1763043bediapering
bedizening2392663bed_izening
bemeaning1436193bemea__ning
deadening1277583__deadening
deafenings1562503__deafenings
redefining1545423rede_fining
beaconing1436634b__eaconing
beaning103820684b__ea__ning
beavering1538704b__eavering
bedabbling1542294bed_abbling
bedaubing1553194bed_a_ubing
bedazzling2241934bed_azzling
bedcovering2052664bedcovering
bedecking1934284bede__cking
bedeviling1743484bede_viling
bedevilling1852554bedevilling
bedewing1537144bed___ewing
bedraggling1761574bedraggling
bedraping1535384bedra__ping
bedriveling1841814bedriveling
bedwarfing2042464bedwa_rfing
beefing133911474be_e_f__ing
beekeeping1952144be_ekeeping
beelining1236594be_e_lining
beheading1636164behea__ding
bejeweling2341714beje_weling
beleaguering1652144beleaguering
beleaping1436744belea__ping
bemaddening1851814bemaddening
bemoaning1435954bemoa__ning
beneficing1843824bene_ficing
benefiting1644314bene_fiting
bereaving1537574berea__ving
bescreening1642774bescreening
beseeming1435144bese__eming
betokening1742904be_tokening
bewearying1942294bewea_rying
beweeping1743934bewe__eping
brazening2185184b__razening
broadening1444034b_roadening
cheapening1883804_cheapening
davening13258874__d_avening
deaconing1337194__deaconing
deadenings1393324__deadenings
deafeningly1952544__deafeningly
deaning94020474__dea__ning
deepening1335614__deepening
defencing16226694__de_fencing
defending15298354__de_fending
defensing14217004__de_fensing
defining133711804__de_fining
demeaning1337244demea__ning
greatening1245444_greatening
leadening1176734__leadening
leavening1365974__leavening
neatening1038354__neatening
predefining1844164prede_fining
reawakening1952194reawakening
reddening1237434red__dening
redeeming1337364rede__eming
redefeating1645334rede_feating
redefecting1844374rede_fecting
redefying1736094rede_f_ying
redescending1752574redescending
redesigning1443654redesigning
redrafting1545964redraf_ting
reearning1039054re_ea_rning
relearning1135284relea_rning
reseasoning1243004reseasoning
rewakening1843794re_wakening
threatening1543064threatening
weakening1734844__weakening

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit148819798.76616976.8
3Display Results79790.0461717.4
 (SQL Overall)178691799.26219292.9
 
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