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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 “behave” 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.

36 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
behave1420901(None) 
behaved16176681behaved
behaver15206721behaver
behaves15198521behaves
behove14207201behove
beaver114819252be_aver
became123213162became
beehive1554032beehive
begaze1838332begaze
behalf14310952behalf
behalves1644082behalves
behavers16205612behavers
behoove1553772behoove
behoved16205562behoved
behoves15177352behoves
belive115415302belive
bename103316072bename
berake124216082berake
berate84729022berate
bereave1258352bereave
beshame1447482beshame
betake124512702betake
beware11313712beware
brave104925502b_rave
deave95022332de_ave
eave75733582_e_ave
have106137072__have
heave114521812he_ave
leave84723722le_ave
reave84528022re_ave
regave104713382regave
repave114813872repave
reshave1338602reshave
shave114425892_shave
sheave124514002sheave
weave115218532we_ave

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 Filter178691825510.983181781.3
2DLD Change Limit82551365.12616104.4
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691366.12229188.3
 
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