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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 “behavers” 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.

26 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
behavers1620561(None) 
beavers124417321be_avers
behaver15206721behaver_
behaves15198521behave_s
beaders104120182be_aders
beakers134216872be_akers
bearers94619592be_arers
beaters94925042be_aters
beaver114819252be_aver_
behalves1644082behalve_s
behave14209012behave__
behaved16176682behave_d
behaviors1772042behaviors
beheaders1545152beheaders
behoves15177352behove_s
bejabers1933632bejabers
belayers13298142belayers
bereavers1446122bereavers
beshivers1743712beshivers
bravers124715522b_ravers
havers124721482__havers
heavers133717192he_avers
leavers103717782le_avers
reavers108320742re_avers
shavers134115092_shavers
weavers133714462we_avers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059263.31336540.6
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691263.70648216.7
 
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