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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 “bedew” 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.

66 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
bedew11451304(None) 
bedel84219401bedel
bedews12398941bedews
aedes64625152aedes
bade75140882bade_
beaded104922422beaded
beader94623792beader
bed67950622bed__
bedded115114072bedded
bedder104215792bedder
bedeck1536212bedeck
bedell93610042bedell
bedels94015272bedels
bedewed1437152bedewed
bedim10313832bedim
beds75937782bed_s
bedu75923692bed_u
bee56262402be_e_
beedi8711662beedi
beef96233682be_ef
been65335782be_en
beep85931212be_ep
beer65635992be_er
bees65453382be_es
beet66457542be_et
beget85632562beget
below104617192below
bended105521232bended
bendee94121022bendee
bender95223302bender
bene66439492bene_
benes75536232benes
beret74946362beret
beses75830722beses
beset76739132beset
betel74419902betel
bevel104517042bevel
bezel165215172bezel
bide76041502bide_
bided95424962bided
bider85728372bider
bides85536772bides
bidet84935622bidet
blew94722432b_lew
bode75838752bode_
boded95124962boded
bodes84935102bodes
brede85520502brede_
bredes94818472bredes
brew95023562b_rew
cede74928772cede_
ceded96118562ceded
ceder85322242ceder
cedes84927332cedes
dew77139922__dew
fedex1699602fedex
heder95623642heder
pedes85327292pedes
rede55037672rede_
reded74829122reded
redes65139132redes
redrew10309512redrew
renew83917512renew
resew84519502resew
seder64826762seder
wedel94513962wedel

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800661.40338346.4
3Display Results66660.0332000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691661.732103170.3
 
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