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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 “bemists” 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.

36 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
bemists11341070(None) 
bemist105216961bemist_
beasts84519722be_asts
bedsits1037562bedsits
befits114711502befi_ts
behests1235952behests
bekiss1236372bekis_s
bemires113212832bemires
bemisted1368382bemisted
bemixes18338652bemixes
bemixt174510362bemixt_
bemuses1139292bemuses
bests75932612be__sts
betises94816122betises
chemists152710322chemists
deists74916432de_ists
delists84414172delists
demasts1089222demasts
demises103719562demises
demits94918072demi_ts
desists83611722desists
emits75421472_emi_ts
exists134710912_exists
feists94915312fe_ists
heists96814632he_ists
legists899592legists
mists76633902__mists
relists73817052relists
remints95117292remints
remises93423482remises
remiss84216352remis_s
remits85622942remi_ts
resists74414922resists
semises93916552semises
sexists14267672sexists
verists103613672verists

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit107671363.03335499.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.40552479.0
 
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