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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 “beadle” 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.

41 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
beadle9331468(None) 
beadles103414731beadles
beagle93612591beagle
bade75140882b_ad_e
badge94819692b_adge
badly114918762b_adly
bale66353842b_a_le
bead75937922bead__
beaded104922422beaded
beader94623792beader
beadier103513912beadier
beadily1378842beadily
beadlike15137252beadlike
beadmen12299452beadmen
beads85429502bead_s
beady114719922bead_y
beagles103212122beagles
beanie83618592beanie
bedel84219402be_del
beetle8311672beetle
belle75827832be_lle
bendee94121022bendee
bindle94516262bindle
blade85923332blad_e
boodle93215032boodle
bridle94115462bridle
buddle104313082buddle
bundle94315572bundle
cradle93313162cradle
deadly113811472deadly
eagle64219482_eagle
heddle114211162heddle
ladle66320442_ladle
measle83513222measle
meddle103312762meddle
needle73310612needle
padle84522342_padle
peddle103512822peddle
reddle83815912reddle
teazle15329552teazle
treadle8310102treadle

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.20337472.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.56269746.7
 
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