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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 “bedews” 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.

47 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
bedews1239894(None) 
bedels94015271bedels
bedew114513041bedew_
aedes64625152aede_s
beaders104120182beaders
bedders113513382bedders
bedeck1536212bedeck
bedecks1635792bedecks
bedel84219402bede_l
bedell93610042bedell
bedells10379362bedells
bedewed1437152bedewed
bedims1149592bedims
bedless1039702bedless
beds75937782bed__s
beefs105618562be_efs
beeps95320972be_eps
beers75628392be_ers
bees65453382be_e_s
beets76131442be_ets
begets96215522begets
belows114614182belows
bendees103913862bendees
benders104021062benders
benes75536232bene_s
berets85822522berets
beses75830722bese_s
besets85718802besets
betels84515062betels
bevels113913982bevels
bezels173712282bezels
biders94822802biders
bides85536772bide_s
bidets95215532bidets
bodes84935102bode_s
bredes94818472brede_s
brews105617072b_rews
ceders93817672ceders
cedes84927332cede_s
dews86230602__dews
heders104119762heders
pedes85327292pede_s
redes65139132rede_s
renews93811752renews
resews94814172resews
seders74420282seders
wedels103811032wedels

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551472.15338342.3
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691472.51571050.1
 
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