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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 “besoothe” 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.

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
besoothe134378(None) 
besoothed1543661besoothed
besoothes1443761besoothes
beclothe1545022beclothe
besmooth1543352besmooth_
besmoothed1842402besmoothed
besmooths1642592besmooths
soothe94214852__soothe
beclothed1744123beclothed
beclothes1645013beclothes
behoove1553773behoo_ve
besmoke15416623besmo_ke
besoothing1693163besoothing
besot76429713bes_ot__
besots86415453bes_ot_s
besotted1135843besotted
besought1453993besought
bespoke15468113bespo_ke
bespouse1245113bespouse
betroth1247543betroth_
betrothed1544943betrothed
betroths1345633betroths
bootee84323023b__ootee
booth105522013b__ooth_
booths115313793b__ooths
bootie85421163b__ootie
reclothe1345733reclothe
resmooth1343633resmooth_
resmoothed1642563resmoothed
resmooths1442643resmooths
sooth85924063__sooth_
soothed113712743__soothed
soother104215043__soother
soothes103917113__soothes
sooths95715593__sooths
unsoothed1344253unsoothed

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162367.56319325.9
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.73523101.6
 
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