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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 “begone” 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.

38 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
begone951213(None) 
bygone1256171bygone
agone65924552_agone
become123312592become
before11410152before
began86319572began_
begaze1838332begaze
begin85117352begin_
begins94415302begins
begonia1047212begonia
begot84625952bego_t
beguine1068502beguine
begun85113442begun_
behove14207202behove
beigne9148612beigne
belon73924112belon_
belong93411042belong
belons84119412belons
bene66439492be__ne
benne76521122be_nne
beton76022062beton_
betons84919552betons
betony114211582betony
beyond1237072beyond
bizone1738602bizone
bone65949322b__one
bygones1335912bygones
debone93714782debone
depone93616552depone
gone55639042__gone
hexone16289232hexone
ketone105014532ketone
legong836962legong
leone55018822le_one
orgone71110912orgone
redone74820052redone
rezone153814782rezone
wobegone1443002wobegone

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551382.45333653.1
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.82963164.0
 
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