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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 “bleary” 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.

56 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
bleary11511255(None) 
blear75918681blear_
blears85116451blears
leary85927381_leary
alary86123442al_ary
aweary1237302aweary
beady114719922b_eady
beaky146118022b_eaky
beamy126218572b_eamy
bear66844642b_ear_
beard86024962b_eard
bears75739042b_ears
beery105220122b_eery
belady12489932belady
belay105021522bela_y
belfry1435072belfry
berry104521772b_erry
beweary1536222beweary
biliary1238212biliary
binary11312222binary
blare75826232bl_are
bleach133611402bleach
bleak115915382blea_k
bleakly1634662bleakly
bleaks125112432bleaks
bleared104211252bleared
blearily1365952blearily
bleat75737002blea_t
bleats85518612bleats
blebby1233742blebby
blenny1156202blenny
blurry11437672blurry
bready124511182bready
briary114912002briary
clary105719612cl_ary
clear76219052clear_
clearly1236662clearly
clears84116562clears
deary95826842_deary
dreary104611672dreary
fleury12417352fleury
glary96018542gl_ary
gleamy12398112gleamy
leady95618602_leady
leafy116316212_leafy
leaky125217722_leaky
lear47045952_lear_
learn55322662_learn
lears55938732_lears
leavy115715772_leavy
leery85919132_leery
plenary1237542plenary
sleazy18267392sleazy
smeary114110802smeary
teary85124052_teary
weary115620612_weary

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551562.75030018.5
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691563.14256871.7
 
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