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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 “bewared” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

48 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
bewared1331011(None) 
beware11313711beware_
bewares12313371bewares
bared85144482b__ared
beaded104922422be_aded
beaked135919492be_aked
beamed115720732be_amed
beaned95621472be_aned
beard86024962be_ar_d
bearded114212132be_arded
bearer85323912be_arer
bedward1497472bedwar_d
bedwarfed1942352bedwarfed
begazed2036202begazed
beggared1334752beggared
behaved16176682behaved
belaced124112152belaced
belated103520012belated
belayed133610082belayed
bemired123410632bemired
benamed122911092benamed
beraked144312432beraked
berated104422132berated
beswarmed1743082beswarmed
betaxed17307022betaxed
bewailed1435342bewailed
bewearied1544202bewearied
bewormed16235442bewormed
bewrayed1733932bewrayed
blared95018242b_lared
bleared104211252bleared
bowered133113042bowered
dewaxed19316052dewaxed
eared65139502_e_ared
feared106320432fe_ared
geared85317742ge_ared
neared75119812ne_ared
reared75930012re_ared
rewaked153811902rewaked
reward106017642rewar_d
rewarded13229522rewarded
rewarmed14257432rewarmed
rewaxed18409342rewaxed
rewired115413282rewired
seared75232842se_ared
sewered112911242sewered
teared75722152te_ared
wared96339872__wared

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671483.37631893.1
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.76547461.1
 
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