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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 “bescreen” 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.

49 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
bescreen124430(None) 
bescreens1343171bescreens
rescreen1046701rescreen
bescreened1542532bescreened
bestrewn1343322bestrewn
onscreen1044252onscreen
prescreen1345102prescreen
rescreens1144862rescreens
screen85216022__screen
yestreen1144592yestreen
bedarken1544513bedarken
beechen14367703beec_hen
bescreening1642773bescreening
beseem1069083bes__eem
beshrew1554393beshr_ew
beshrewed1882723beshrewed
beshrews1643163beshrews
bespoken16505013bespoken
bespread1344183bespread
besprent1248033besprent
bestrew1248003bestr_ew
bestrewed1594163bestrewed
bestrews1335603bestrews
bestrown1345193bestrown
between1234683be_tween
boreen8314313b__oreen
buckeen1536703b_uckeen
bystreet1345023bystreet
cesarean1044623cesarean
decree93117783de_cree_
decreed112710253de_creed
decreer10269123de_creer
decrees102513123de_crees
descried1248073descried
descrier1157623descrier
descries11311923descries
discreet11413183discreet
offscreen1751233offscreen
prescreens1443843prescreens
regreen8309043re_green
rescreened1344123rescreened
reseen64318413res__een
scree720031713__scree_
screed95718933__screed
screens95212183__screens
screes85023973__screes
sunscreen1142943sunscreen
terreen7257573te_rreen
yestreens1243533yestreens

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162496.81321453.4
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691497.25224640.2
 
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