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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 “beshroud” 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.

35 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
beshroud144380(None) 
beshrouds1543061beshrouds
beshout12311842besh_out
beshrouded1751832beshrouded
enshroud1243092enshroud
shroud1038772__shroud
becloud1246293be_cloud
becrowd1555183be_crowd
behold1247343be_h_old
bescour1145203bes_cour
beshamed1635733beshamed
beshouted1544073besh_outed
beshouts1346763besh_outs
beshrew1554393beshr_ew
beshrewed1882733beshrewed
beshrews1643163beshrews
beshrouding1852233beshrouding
bespread1344183bespread
bestrid1039973bestr_id
bestrode1147143bestrode
bestrow1237253bestro_w
bestrowed1585183bestrowed
bestrown1345203bestrown
bestrows1337043bestrows
bestud9439303bes__tud
desirous947783desirous
enshrouds1342303enshrouds
estrous7712533_estrous
oestrous869923oestrous
pushrod1343703pushro_d
reshod103012233resh_o_d
reshoed112212153resh_oed
resprout1078783resprout
shrouds1136023__shrouds
stroud7310383__stroud

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162357.86018595.7
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691358.28321573.2
 
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