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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 “belong” 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.

40 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
belong9341104(None) 
belon73924111belon_
belongs10408221belongs
belons84119411belons
agelong934982agelong
along65419492_along
baling94829692baling
barong96015822barong
beclog1136862beclo_g
befog1159012befo_g
begone9512132begone
being84920502be_ing
belling103825072belling
belonged1235312belonged
below104617192belo_w
belows114614182belows
belting104119132belting
belying133612442belying
beton76022062beton_
betons84919552betons
betony114211582betony
beyond1237072beyond
biltong1034682biltong
blog75723822b_lo_g
blond85618372b_lond
bong75633412b__ong
erelong835592erelong
felon84619292felon_
felons93615762felons
felony123710322felony
flong95815682_flong
kalong1177702kalong
klong105310402_klong
legong836962legong
long56933342__long
melon73922082melon_
melons84117712melons
oblong935382oblong
oolong738072oolong
pelon74423212pelon_

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551402.62631436.0
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.75264931.3
 
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