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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 “behaving” 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.

30 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
behaving173545(None) 
behoving1734911behoving
beading113221862be_ading
beaming123618802be_aming
beaning103820682be_aning
bearing103624772be_aring
beating104326872be_ating
begazing2136632begazing
behavior1662202behavior
beheading1636162beheading
behooving1843742behooving
belaying143110602belaying
benaming1339692benaming
beraking153612972beraking
berating113220762berating
bereaving1537572bereaving
beshaming1735672beshaming
betaking153010152betaking
bewaring14279492bewaring
braving133714612b_raving
deaving123814752de_aving
having134220372__having
heaving144114762he_aving
leaving114216852le_aving
reaving113820532re_aving
repaving142810742repaving
reshaving1657272reshaving
shaving143414332_shaving
sheaving154110252sheaving
weaving143211622we_aving

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.75032282.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.15642995.9
 
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