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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 “bedevilling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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91 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
bedevilling185255(None) 
bedeviling1743481bedevi_ling
devilling1436702__devilling
bedevilled1742353bedevill_ed
bedevilment1952823bedevilment
bedriveling1841813bedriveling
bedrivelling1951313bedrivelling
bejewelling2451443bejewelling
bevelling15227453b__evelling
deviling1311812853__devi_ling
redrilling1246073red_rilling
anvilling1336834__anvilling
backfilling2352614backfilling
bedabbling1542294bed_abbling
bedazzling2241934bed_azzling
bedeafening1852104bedeafening
bedecking1934284bede__cking
bedevil1344514bedevi_l___
bedeviled1673444bedevi_l_ed
bedevilments2052474bedevilments
bedevils1444384bedevi_l__s
bedewing1537144bede___wing
bedimming1743644bed__imming
bedimpling1862464bed_impling
bedraggling1761574bedraggling
beelining1236594be_eli_ning
beetling1139284be_e__tling
befalling15226504b__efalling
begalling13216494b__egalling
beguiling1334854be_gui_ling
bejeweling2341714beje_weling
belling103825074b__e__lling
beneficing1843824benefi_cing
benefiting1644314benefi_ting
benefitting1752854benefitting
besmiling1436264be_smi_ling
beveling143011034b__ev_eling
bewailing1536064be_wai_ling
billing103823854b____illing
bowelling1566494bowe__lling
brailling1247774b__railling
cavilling1536394__cavilling
defiling132812464__defi_ling
devaluing1434834__devaluing
develing133212734__dev_eling
deviating14311094__deviating
devilkin1642954__devilkin_
devilkins1742804__devilkins
devising133111524__devi_sing
devolving1733984__devolving
drilling103311984__d_rilling
eyeballing1642264_eyeballing
imperilling16123644imperilling
jewelling2034834jewe__lling
levelling13206984__levelling
medalling1346924med__alling
medevacing1942864medev_acing
medevacking2451914medevacking
modelling1336884mode__lling
pedalling1346664ped__alling
pedestaling1553724pedestaling
pedestalling1652564pedestalling
pencilling1545474pe_ncilling
perilling12410004__perilling
prebilling1595414_prebilling
predrilling1543674pred_rilling
rebelling122111164rebe__lling
rebilling12228834__rebilling
redeciding1544704redeci_ding
redefining1545424redefi_ning
redesigning1443654redesigning
redeveloping1952214redeveloping
redialing11311844red__ialing
redialling1246204red_ialling
redistilling1453304redistilling
redividing1644194redivi_ding
refelling132211314refe__lling
refilling13299334__refilling
repelling122312754repe__lling
rereviewing1852214rereviewing
reselling102213834rese__lling
retelling102112504rete__lling
revelling132412554__revelling
reviling122917214__revi_ling
surveilling1542814surveilling
televiewing1851914televiewing
televising1444114televi_sing
undeviating1644734undeviating
unlevelling1542344unlevelling
wedeling1338774wede___ling
yodelling1435194yode__lling

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819917.97018672.4
3Display Results91910.0461978.3
 (SQL Overall)178691918.43621182.0
 
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