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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 “bestrewn” 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.

54 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
bestrewn134333(None) 
bestrew1248001bestrew_
bestrews1335601bestrews
bestrown1345201bestrown
bescreen1244312bescreen
beshrew1554392beshrew_
beshrews1643162beshrews
bestrewed1594192bestrewed
bestrewing1643772bestrewing
bestrow1237252bestrow_
bestrows1337042bestrows
strewn96710012__strewn
yestreen1144602yestreen
beaten84617063beat_e_n
bedstraw1443253bedstraw_
bedstraws1542403bedstraws
bescreens1343173bescreens
beshrewed1882733beshrewed
beshrewing1942883beshrewing
bespread1344183bespread
besprent1248033besprent
bestead10389123best_ead
bested94922763best_e_d
bestow1149463best_ow_
bestowed14156623bestowed
bestower13126213bestower
bestows1248863best_ows
bestrid1039973bestr_id
bestride1138613bestride
bestrode1147143bestrode
bestrowed1585173bestrowed
bestrowing1644373bestrowing
between1234693be_tween
bistre83815023bistre__
bistred103311853bistre_d
bistres94017213bistre_s
bystreet1345023bystreet
cesarean1044623cesarean
estreat7314813_estreat
estrin6315923_estr_in
kestrel1137113kestre_l
kestrels1235813kestrels
oestrin7312243oestr_in
overstrewn1643463overstrewn
rescreen1046703rescreen
resewn9459813res__ewn
restrain8311703restrain
restress82511773restress
strew89220663__strew_
strews96817103__strews
strown96812093__strown
western102911103west_ern
yestern10338643yest_ern
yestreens1243533yestreens

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162546.93621073.0
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691547.35824285.3
 
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