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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 “beshrew” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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99 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
beshrew155439(None) 
beshrews1643161beshrews
bestrew1248001bestrew
beshrewed1882732beshrewed
bestrewn1343332bestrewn
bestrews1335602bestrews
bestrow1237252bestrow
shrew119720172__shrew
bashaw14349303bash_aw
bashed126225703bash_ed
basher115123813bash_er
bashers124820833bashers
bashes115631393bash_es
bearer85323913be_arer
bedew114513043be__dew
bedsheet1446683bedsheet
bedsore1057803bedsore_
bedsores1157633bedsores
bedstraw1443253bedstraw
before11410153before_
befret11315963be_fret
bemire103312803bemire_
bemired123410633bemired
bemires113212833bemires
beret74946363be__ret
bescreen1244313bescreen
beseem1069083bes_eem
beses75830723bes__es
beset76739133bes__et
beshadow1742303beshadow
beshame1447483beshame
beshamed1635733beshamed
beshames1537203beshames
beshiver1634483beshiver
beshout12311843beshout
beshrewing1942883beshrewing
beshroud1443803beshroud
beside95114613beside_
besides104814533besides
besnow1145713bes_now
bespread1344183bespread
besprent1248033besprent
bested94922763bes_ted
bestow1149463bes_tow
bestrewed1594193bestrewed
bestrid1039973bestrid
bestrown1345203bestrown
bestrows1337043bestrows
bethel1169643beth_el
beware11313713beware_
bewared13310113bewared
bewares12313373bewares
bistre83815023bistre_
bistred103311853bistred
bistres94017213bistres
boshes114721883bosh_es
brethren1343783brethren
brew95023563b___rew
bushed124822383bush_ed
bushel114513943bush_el
busher114922203bush_er
bushers124018803bushers
bushes115226113bush_es
bushier123712813bushier
bushmen1436303bushmen
cashew144311453cash_ew
desire7415303desire_
desired9311983desired
desirer8310783desirer
desires81316133desires
eschew1436333_eschew
escrow1135913_escrow
kestrel1137113kestrel
meshed124415933mesh_ed
meshes115019443mesh_es
meshier123410853meshier
misdrew1335833misdrew
misgrew1335523misgrew
misthrew16124763misthrew
nephew1434113neph_ew
rechew14310213rech_ew
redrew10309513re_drew
regrew10388563re_grew
resew84519503res__ew
reshes94124363resh_es
reshoe92816483reshoe_
reshoed112212153reshoed
reshoes102316033reshoes
reshow123111433resh_ow
screw109318543__screw
setscrew1341963setscrew
shew108030763__sh_ew
shred98125613__shred
shrewd136810783__shrewd
shrews129313923__shrews
strew89220663__strew
threw1117315713__threw
unscrew1245463unscrew
upthrew1542663upthrew

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027997.08018930.4
3Display Results99990.0462152.2
 (SQL Overall)178691997.53223724.2
 
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