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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 “belayed” 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.

61 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
belayed13361008(None) 
belaced124112151belaced
belated103520011belated
belayer12339501belayer
delayed123310761delayed
relayed113212751relayed
allayed11138062allayed
bayed115423022b__ayed
beaded104922422be_aded
beaked135919492be_aked
beamed115720732be_amed
beaned95621472be_aned
begazed2036202begazed
behaved16176682behaved
beladied1236662beladied
belaud939132bela_ud
belauded1244792belauded
belay105021522belay__
belayers13298142belayers
belays114313852belay_s
belched154011842belched
beleaped1336102beleaped
belied95022162bel_ied
belled94626182bel_led
bellied104314072bellied
beloved13188392beloved
belted94020632bel_ted
benamed122911092benamed
bendayed1534872bendayed
beraked144312432beraked
berated104422132berated
beslaved1435022beslaved
betaxed17307022betaxed
betrayed1436302betrayed
bewared13310112bewared
bewrayed1733932bewrayed
bilayer12347802bilayer
bladed104717762b_laded
blamed116017952b_lamed
blared95018242b_lared
blawed124713892b_lawed
blazed184314712b_lazed
bleared104211252bleared
bleated104015972bleated
brayed124615782b_rayed
clayed125013042_clayed
decayed14309332decayed
delated93722872delated
delayer113010532delayer
elated74725822_elated
flayed134414052_flayed
gelated93615632gelated
layed95127382__layed
melamed1249632melamed
played124815032_played
relaced103517212relaced
related83327572related
relaxed153312532relaxed
replayed14248632replayed
slayed104716222_slayed
splayed13357812splayed

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 Filter1786911076710.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit107671616.72016022.5
3Display Results61610.0461326.1
 (SQL Overall)178691617.53223724.2
 
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