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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 “beefier” 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.

40 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
beefier1232909(None) 
beerier93613021beerier
reefier102912551reefier
beadier103513912beadier
beakier134012162beakier
beamier113411942beamier
beechier1535632beechier
beedies10314202beedies
beefed123510872beef_ed
beefiest13269012beefiest
beefily1535612beefily
beefing133911472beefing
beeper103714092bee_per
beetler938032beetler
beezer174010522bee_zer
belier84423562b_elier
bendier103111412bendier
benefiter1443732benefiter
breezier1934532breezier
brevier1237762brevier
buffier1568402buffier
deedier93011592deedier
defier105118652_defier
deifier113013122deifier
eelier64216462_eelier
eerier64320022_eerier
geekier12286392geekier
leafier10329832leafier
leerier73111502leerier
needier84010622needier
reedier83815302reedier
reefer93314362reef_er
reekier113111122reekier
reifier103414522reifier
seedier83513632seedier
seepier92912012seepier
teenier72611142teenier
weedier113810622weedier
weenier103210802weenier
weepier12319272weepier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671402.86037647.2
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.24954998.8
 
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