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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbear” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

26 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
bear6684464(None) 
bar58070551b_ar
bead75937921bead
beak106534381beak
beam86939231beam
bean66443861bean
beard86024961beard
bears75739041bears
beat66168301beat
beau66137271beau
beer65635991beer
blear75918681blear
boar66134291boar
dear55343601dear
ear36867881_ear
fear75337791fear
gear55934971gear
hear76143881hear
lear47045951lear
near45236501near
pear69745231pear
rear45644551rear
sear47353841sear
tear45242881tear
wear75836721wear
year76534251year

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983260.25055932.0
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691260.313570897.8