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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 “besoothes” 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.

37 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
besoothes144376(None) 
besoothe1343781besoothe_
besoothed1543661besoothed
beclothes1645012beclothes
besmoothed1842402besmoothed
besmooths1642592besmooth_s
soothes103917112__soothes
beclothe1545023beclothe_
beclothed1744123beclothed
bedclothes1852153bedclothes
behooves1653793behoo_ves
bescorches1942743bescorches
beseeches1643953beseeches
besmokes16406363besmo_kes
besmooth1543353besmooth__
besoothing1693163besoothing
besots86415453bes_ot__s
besotted1135843bes_otted
bespouses1345153bespouses
betrothed1544943betrothed
betrotheds1652503betrotheds
betroths1345633betroth_s
bootees94114473b__ootees
booths115313793b__ooth_s
booties94124613b__ooties
brooches15288193b_rooches
reclothes1445643reclothes
resmoothed1642563resmoothed
resmooths1442643resmooth_s
smoothes13218543_smoothes
soothe94214853__soothe_
soothed113712743__soothed
soother104215043__soother
soothers113913433__soothers
soothest113312243__soothest
sooths95715593__sooth_s
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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641376.93621430.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.37524229.3
 
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