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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 “belows” 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.

69 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
belows11461418(None) 
bellows124313301bellows
belons84119411belons
below104617191below_
blows105423831b_lows
allows94517682allows
barlows12259972barlows
bebops1237622bebops
beclogs1237072beclogs
beclown1435422beclown
beclowns1544682beclowns
bedews12398942bedews
befogs1246452befogs
behowl1445532behowl
behowls1534442behowls
belays114313852belays
belgas9311712belgas
belies84631052belies
belles85325992belles
bellow114213352bellow_
bells76432162bel_ls
belon73924112belo_n
belong93411042belong
belongs10408222belongs
bels66142492bel__s
belts75931162bel_ts
besnows1245152besnows
besoms105712732besoms
besots86415452besots
bestows1248862bestows
betons84919552betons
bevors111610342bevors
billows123611292billows
blaws105620462b_laws
blobs95620032b_lobs
blocs95219652b_locs
blogs85319232b_logs
blots75626172b_lots
blow95827192b_low_
blown105716672b_lown
blowsy14579452b_lowsy
blowy134315322b_lowy
bolos75531372bolo_s
bows96242862b__ows
brows105425982b_rows
byelaws1533262byelaws
bylaws14415832bylaws
celoms10412122celoms
elbows1196712_elbows
enows85115492_enows
fellows134212432fellows
felons93615762felons
flows115822362_flows
glows95518032_glows
helos84928062helo_s
helots95217702helots
lows75843012__lows
mellows123812232mellows
melons84117712melons
meows104612682me_ows
plows105419902_plows
reflows13258982reflows
reglows11288842reglows
replows12329702replows
resows93915352resows
serows96016392serows
slows85323462_slows
telos55424522telo_s
yellows13329602yellows

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 Filter178691825510.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit82551694.20619627.0
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691694.93936179.6
 
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