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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 “bechalking” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

35 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
bechalking224411(None) 
becalming1635282bec_alming
bechancing2044442bechancing
becharming2044302becharming
bethanking2044292bethanking
chalking183310062__chalking
balking143717353b___alking
becapping1834243bec_apping
bechalk1845803bechalk___
bechalked2143593bechalk_ed
bechalks1944793bechalk__s
becking164416073bec___king
beclasping17134073beclasping
becloaking1944883becloaking
becrawling1843613becrawling
befalling15226503be_falling
begalling13216493be_galling
behaving1735453be_ha_ving
beholding1634233be_holding
benchmarking2651543benchmarking
beraking153612973be_ra_king
beshaming1735673besha_ming
betaking153010153be_ta_king
bethinking2044043bethinking
calking144617783__c_alking
charking183512613__charking
enhaloing1345363_enhaloing
exhaling1936293_exhal_ing
peptalking1943253peptalking
recalling122211903rec_alling
rechanging1746043rechanging
recharging1745293recharging
recharting1637213recharting
rechecking2244463rechecking
recoaling121312453recoal_ing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.606294869.6
2DLD Change Limit140603355.54625352.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.16828970.7
 
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