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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 “befits” 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.

55 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
befits11471150(None) 
befit105222661befit_
refits94017651refits
baits76630582b_aits
beasts84519722beasts
beats76042242be_ats
beauts86015282beauts
bedims1149592bedims
bedsits1037562bedsits
beets76131442be_ets
befogs1246452befogs
befrets1237612befrets
begets96215522begets
begins94415302begins
bekiss1236372bekiss
belies84631052belies
belts75931162be_lts
bemist105216952bemist
bemists113410702bemists
benefits1345712benefits
bents76033692be_nts
berets85822522berets
besets85718802besets
besots86415452besots
bests75932612be_sts
bets67051442be__ts
bevies114017302bevies
bewigs1246532bewigs
bezils1711310602bezils
binits85716672binits
bits66148162b__its
brits76433082b_rits
bruits85714452bruits
debits94214502debits
defats105114552defats
defies104624052defies
defis96717502defi_s
demits94918072demits
edits65819032_edits
efts76519482_ef_ts
emits75421472_emits
exits125515912_exits
fits76043462__fits
hefts116218152hef_ts
kefirs13396652kefirs
lefts86517812lef_ts
legits71313002legits
merits8320872merits
pewits112810682pewits
recits83621352recits
refit84230062refit_
remits85622942remits
resits64725562resits
unfits93910292unfits
wefts116715492wef_ts

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551552.54632423.8
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691552.90561511.5
 
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