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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 “betel” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

117 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
betel7441990(None) 
bedel84219401bedel
betels84515061betels
bethel1169641bethel
bevel104517041bevel
bezel165215171bezel
botel75121861botel
artel56122742artel
babel95821692babel
bagel85116792bagel
bate66552422bate_
bated85935532bated
bates75846342bates
beaten84617062beaten
beater84729392beater
bedell93610042bedell
bedels94015272bedels
bedew114513042bedew
bee56262402be_e_
beef96233682be_ef
been65335782be_en
beep85931212be_ep
beer65635992be_er
bees65453382be_es
beet66457542be_et
beetle8311672beetle
beets76131442beets
befell11428712befell
beget85632562beget
beheld1236412beheld
bel57148462b__el
bell66237182be_ll
belle75827832belle
belted94020632belted
belter84720962belter
bene66439492bene_
benes75536232benes
beret74946362beret
beryl101211672beryl
beses75830722beses
beset76739132beset
bested94922762bested
bet58376672bet__
beta66234132bet_a
betas75528762betas
beth96629232bet_h
bethels1238532bethels
beths105519222beths
beton76022062beton
bets67051442bet_s
betta74916842betta
betted94721162betted
better84723702better
bevels113913982bevels
bezels173712282bezels
bezil163812882bezil
bite66547002bite_
biter75030032biter
bites75641172bites
boatel84314092boatel
botels84815802botels
bowel105621202bowel
bute66739672bute_
buteo75419892buteo
butes714535872butes
butle75023102butle
butyl1089102butyl
byte96521812byte_
bytes105217492bytes
cete64934782cete_
cetes75731102cetes
deter65028042deter
devel94217122devel
eel37946842_e_el
feel75233842fe_el
fetal85623372fetal
fete75734922fete_
feted94420932feted
fetes85630142fetes
heel75034222he_el
hotel85520752hotel
jebel145612142jebel
jete115927252jete_
jetes124922842jetes
jewel156711702jewel
keel85729472ke_el
ketol95414002ketol
kevel124213102kevel
level84116552level
metal75427382metal
mete64438132mete_
meted85424432meted
meter75130322meter
metes74736212metes
metol75917812metol
motel76623242motel
newel86114132newel
peel65535612pe_el
petal76526892petal
peter74427592peter
petrel83111532petrel
ratel54224882ratel
rebel73421292rebel
reel45240532re_el
refel84920812refel
repel74921402repel
rete44944132rete_
retell63813642retell
retem74221952retem
revel84423162revel
seel45042982se_el
setal56430902setal
steel55721992steel
teel46335802te_el
tel35647902__tel
wedel94513962wedel
weel75834082we_el

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001171.40638264.6
3Display Results1171170.0333545.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911171.735102991.9
 
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