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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 “belabours” 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.

33 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
belabours134354(None) 
belabors1236401belabo_rs
belabour1243771belabour_
beglamours1591832beglamours
belabor1136292belabo_r_
belaboured1542272belaboured
labours9349892__labours
beclamors1574223beclamo_rs
beglamors1473373beglamo_rs
beglamour1491953beglamour_
behaviours1871283behaviours
bejabbers1971953bejabbers
bejabers1933633bejab_ers
belabored1443813belabored
belabouring1652333belabouring
belauds1036643bela__uds
belayers13298143bela_yers
beliquors2042263beliquors
bellboys1544523bellbo_ys
bescours1245093be_scours
blabbers11308153b_labbers
bulbous1138293bul_bou_s
clamours1255993_clamours
delators92314823delato_rs
enamours1044663_enamours
flavours1434693_flavours
glamours1184733_glamours
labors84016413__labo_rs
labour84210933__labour_
melanous1048603melanou_s
relators83316123relato_rs
tabours94110093__tabours
velours10278083vel__ours

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641337.36020195.8
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.81222873.9
 
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