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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 “befringing” 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.

56 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
befringing174406(None) 
befriending1842212befriending
bringing123011272b__ringing
fringing133010902__fringing
infringing1544442infringing
astringing1245773astringing
becriming1646363becri_ming
bedrugging1642353bedrugging
beelining1236593beelin_ing
befingering1843133bef_ingering
befitting15236623bef_itting
beflagging1842813beflagging
befogging1773413bef_ogging
befretting1644793befretting
befringe1484513befring__e
befringed16123863befring_ed
befringes15104453befring_es
beginning1344613be_ginning
begriming1545533begri_ming
begrimming1842573begrimming
begrudging1642333begrudging
belonging1335913be_longing
bemingling1643403be_mingling
bepainting15144883bepainting
beriming13310463be_ri_ming
besieging1344763be_sieging
bethinking2044043bethinking
bewigging1743443be_wigging
binging113619383b___inging
bridging13288443b__ridging
brining103216473b__rin_ing
cringing123311383__cringing
defanging1535333def_anging
defining133711803def_in_ing
defragging1742823defragging
deranging1238063de_ranging
flinging133310053__flinging
frigging14268953__frigging
outringing1247813outringing
refinding14259943ref_inding
refining122416863ref_in_ing
refraining1437263refrain_ing
refronting1437273refronting
regrinding1335703regrinding
rehinging1437453re_hinging
reprinting131510583reprinting
rerigging1236553re_rigging
respringing1544583respringing
restringing1345713restringing
ringing93521283___ringing
springing1338743_springing
stringing1139753_stringing
syringing1435883_syringing
upbringing1653093upbringing
upflinging1742293upflinging
wringing13279623__wringing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603566.95320221.9
3Display Results56560.0331697.0
 (SQL Overall)178691567.40624127.9
 
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