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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbeshadows” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
beshadows184251(None) 
beshadow1742301beshadow_
beshadowed2051672beshadowed
shadows1437192__shadows
bashaws15347713basha__ws
beshadowing2191873beshadowing
beshames1537203besha_mes
beshrews1643163besh_rews
besnows1245153bes__nows
bestows1248863bes__tows
bestrows1337043bes_trows
bushidos1443083bushido_s
foreshadows2151553foreshadows
meadows1337333me__adows
methadons1544423methadons
overshadows2151593overshadows
pashadoms1743453pashadoms
reshows132510453resh__ows
shadow1337253__shadow_
shadowy1744723__shadowy

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641207.34320242.5
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691207.78222962.1