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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 “befit” 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.

64 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
befit10522266(None) 
befits114711501befits
refit84230061refit
bait66556002b_ait
barefit1249722barefit
beast76338642beast
beat66168302be_at
beaut75135212beaut
bedim10313832bedim
bedsit9312842bedsit
beet66457542be_et
befog1159012befog
befret11315962befret
begat86629722begat
beget85632562beget
begin85117352begin
begirt9412682begirt
begot84625952begot
belie75630382belie
belt65754032be_lt
bemist105216962bemist
bemix165011452bemix
bemixt174510362bemixt
benefit1248072benefit
bent67759912be_nt
beret74946362beret
beset76739132beset
besot76429712besot
best66355322be_st
bet58376672be__t
bewig1138902bewig
bezil163812882bezil
bifid11910702bifid
binit76431582binit
bit57070902b__it
brit66350152b_rit
bruit76126722bruit
debit85727852debit
defat95426692defat
defi86321492defi_
defis96717502defis
deft85540222def_t
demit84832302demit
edit54934862_edit
eft66038822_ef_t
emit65438422_emit
exit114428672_exit
fit66365452__fit
heft106736292hef_t
kefir12457912kefir
left76340482lef_t
legit61323502legit
merit7339182merit
petit74332652petit
pewit104622792pewit
recit75235102recit
refits94017652refits
refix155212482refix
reft75141272ref_t
relit55340682relit
remit75737222remit
resit54241042resit
unfit84518562unfit
weft105435012wef_t

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800641.97027309.6
3Display Results64640.0134923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691642.32676823.3
 
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