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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 “berating” 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.

85 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
berating11322076(None) 
aerating92821001aerating
beating104326871be_ating
beraking153612971beraking
borating113414501borating
derating103222281derating
bating95132252b__ating
beading113221862be_ading
beaming123618802be_aming
beaning103820682be_aning
bearding124011942bearding
bearing103624772be_aring
beatings114113232be_atings
bedraping1535382bedraping
begazing2136632begazing
behaving1735452behaving
belaying143110602belaying
belting104119132be_lting
benaming1339692benaming
bereaving1537572bereaving
beriming13310462beriming
berming123614832ber_ming
berrying14137382berrying
berthing14209602berthing
besting104923922be_sting
betaking153010152betaking
betraying1537712betraying
betting103921402be_tting
bewaring14279492bewaring
bewraying1834872bewraying
bleating113514502bleating
bloating113512812bloating
boating103721302b_oating
bracing123817612b_racing
braking143917712b_raking
braving133714612b_raving
braying134416312b_raying
brazing193715112b_razing
breading123515462breading
breaking153914252breaking
breaming133612512breaming
breasting1239582breasting
breathing15218372breathing
bruting102612992b_ruting
bursting1138702bursting
ceratin93020162ceratin_
ceratins102818732ceratins
crating103725202_crating
creating113921952creating
curating11314292curating
debating123213732debating
delating103119602delating
deratting1139512deratting
eating75134402_e_ating
elating83423082_elating
erasing8317962_erasing
gelating103015732gelating
grating93923182_grating
gyrating1337452gyrating
hearting12513122hearting
heating114024322he_ating
iterating10314252iterating
keratin113314152keratin_
keratins122313482keratins
legating102313112legating
liberating1349252liberating
meriting11314692meriting
negating102012832negating
operating12313722operating
orating83520322_orating
pirating11314512pirating
prating103424452_prating
rating74938702__rating
rebating112418342rebating
recrating121318792recrating
redating102620172redating
regrating111316212regrating
relating92725442relating
remating112322422remating
seating84130682se_ating
sedating103014112sedating
seriating10916402seriating
serrating10513212serrating
treating92519612treating
uprating11311112uprating

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059855.15623479.2
3Display Results85850.0332575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691855.62531767.3
 
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