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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 “beetling” 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.

41 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
beetling113928(None) 
bantling112612002bantling
battling113110492battling
beating104326872beat_ing
beefing133911472bee_fing
beeline93314722bee_line
beeping124013912bee_ping
beeswing14255762beeswing
begetting13186582begetting
belling103825072b_elling
belting104119132belt_ing
beltline1036942beltline
berthing14209602berthing
besetting12268422besetting
besting104923922best_ing
betting103921402b_etting
beveling143011032beveling
bevelling15227452bevelling
bottling11279142bottling
bustling112110062bustling
butling103516812b_utling
feeling113617072fee_ling
fettling1266772fettling
gentling1048452gentling
heeling113618512hee_ling
keeling123515122kee_ling
meeting103314962meet_ing
needling10248752needling
nestling958892nestling
nettling957212nettling
peeling102919872pee_ling
pestling111010252pestling
pettling1168212pettling
reedling102414272reedling
reeling83126862ree_ling
seedling102610952seedling
seeling83522002see_ling
seething1239022seething
settling978942settling
teething1237162teething
weeting113816052weet_ing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059414.09629555.4
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691414.49939717.9
 
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