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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 “beetled” 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.

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
beetled103822(None) 
beetle8311671beetle_
beetler938041beetler
beetles9312081beetles
battled104213122battled
beefed123510872bee_fed
beeped115313452bee_ped
beetlers1037402beetlers
belled94626192b_elled
belted94020632belt_ed
berthed13259122berthed
bested94922762best_ed
betted94721162b_etted
beveled133811132beveled
bevelled14327822bevelled
bottled104611232bottled
bustled104011522bustled
butled94818602b_utled
fettled11378932fettled
gentled9389092gentled
heeled104018422hee_led
keeled114414272kee_led
mettled103510542mettled
needled9358512needled
nestled8349912nestled
nettled8339942nettled
peeled94119712pee_led
pestled102711452pestled
pettled103611512pettled
reeled74725532ree_led
seeled73922092see_led
seethed113410192seethed
settled83210872settled
teethed11318622teethed
weeted103913792weet_ed

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 Limit107671352.90637051.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.29554231.0
 
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