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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 “belongs” 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.

27 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
belongs1040822(None) 
belong93411041belong_
belons84119411belon_s
barongs105310832barongs
beclogs1237072beclo_gs
befogs1246452befo_gs
beings94613032be_ings
bellings113811152bellings
belon73924112belon__
belonged1235312belonged
belows114614182belo_ws
beltings11369252beltings
betons84919552beton_s
beyonds1335062beyonds
biltongs1133812biltongs
blogs85319232b_lo_gs
blonds95213342b_londs
bongs87828422b__ongs
felons93615762felon_s
flongs105010492_flongs
kalongs1255442kalongs
klongs11436602_klongs
legongs934542legongs
longs65527062__longs
melons84117712melon_s
oblongs1033532oblongs
oolongs845952oolongs

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671273.31332499.5
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691273.71948048.1
 
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