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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 “beetles” 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.

34 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
beetles931208(None) 
beetle8311671beetle_
beetled1038211beetled
beetler938031beetler
beetlers1037391beetlers
battles94517682battles
beadles103414732beadles
beagles103212122beagles
beatless103311592beatless
beebees1138012beebees
beeches143413882beeches
beedies10314202beedies
beefless1335492beefless
beets76131442beet__s
beeves114615042bee_ves
belles85325992b_elles
beltless10297712beltless
betels84515062betel_s
bottles94216272bottles
bustles93816322bustles
butles84423912b_utles
feetless1137382feetless
fettles103912732fettles
gentles83714342gentles
kettles113411612kettles
mettles94115022mettles
needles83211562needles
nestles73015462nestles
nettles73214082nettles
pestles93217692pestles
pettles93916482pettles
seethes103613742seethes
settles73916002settles
teethes103611652teethes

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 Limit107671343.15634116.3
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691343.53250592.0
 
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