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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 “behaves” 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.

34 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
behaves1519852(None) 
behalves1644081behalves
behave14209011behave_
behaved16176681behaved
behaver15206721behaver
behavers16205611behavers
behoves15177351behoves
beaver114819252be_aver
beavers124417322be_avers
beehives1644482beehives
beeves114615042be_eves
begazes1937962begazes
behooves1653792behooves
behove14207202behove_
behoved16205562behoved
benames112814602benames
berakes134815772berakes
berates94126872berates
bereaves1338272bereaves
beshames1537202beshames
betakes134212522betakes
bewares12313372bewares
braves115524082b_raves
deaves105319532de_aves
eaves85231992_e_aves
haves116034872__haves
heaves124120302he_aves
leaves94222382le_aves
reaves94127572re_aves
repaves123513652repaves
reshaves1438732reshaves
shaves125224932_shaves
sheaves134412972sheaves
weaves123616372we_aves

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671343.93627355.4
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.32841287.2
 
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