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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 “bewigs” 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.

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
bewigs124653(None) 
bewig1138901bewig_
bagwigs1432822bagwigs
bedims1149592bedims
befits114711502befits
befogs1246452befogs
begins94415302begins
begs75733832be__gs
beige81515382be_ige
beiges91014412be_iges
beigy111110582be_igy
beings94613032beings
bekiss1236372bekiss
belies84631052belies
benign938312benign
bergs84718042be_rgs
bevies114017302bevies
bewails1277552bewails
bezils1711310602bezils
bigs76235022b__igs
bigwigs1443002bigwigs
bowings133612002bowings
brewings14296692brewings
brewis11469982brewi_s
brigs85823222b_rigs
lewis85315842lewi_s
newies91014072newies
pewits112810682pewits
rejigs14368092rejigs
renigs74314592renigs
rerigs74014792rerigs
rewins95020822rewins
sewings11369172sewings
swigs96213662_swigs
twigs96911172_twigs
wigs84931252__wigs

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit82551362.25036689.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691362.65667278.2
 
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