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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 “beflowered” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
beflowered194290(None) 
deflowered1842511deflowered
reflowered1742981reflowered
beflower16166272beflower__
beflowers17165822beflower_s
deflowerer1752072deflowerer
flowered1546012__flowered
beclowned1743243beclow_ned
befingered1742843befingered
befleaed1454663befl__eaed
beflowering2042763beflowering
bellowed14158603bellow__ed
bellower13159063bellower__
bellowers14177623bellower_s
bowered133113043b___owered
deflower15126073deflower__
deflowerers1851623deflowerers
deflowers16145643deflower_s
embowered1743413_embowered
empowered1743053_empowered
flowerer1435453__flowerer
floweret1448083__floweret
glowered1345753__glowered
lowered112711913___lowered
reflowed15126903reflow__ed
reflower14126843reflower__
reflowers15125983reflower_s
repowered1544663re_powered
reshowered1752913reshowered

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603296.42321890.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.84526105.3
 
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