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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 “beside” 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.

50 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
beside9511461(None) 
bedside1156841bedside
besides104814531besides
betide95115971betide
reside74224931reside
aside65122082_aside
bedsides1246532bedsides
beige81515382be_ige
belie75630382beli_e
belied95022162belied
belike124616282belike
belive115415302belive
bemire103312802bemire
berime105317332berime
besiege1035412besiege
beslime1146832beslime
besmile1137462besmile
bested94922752bested
bestride1138612bestride
betided114810202betided
betides104915262betides
betime105914832betime
betise85616272betise
bide76041502b__ide
bolide9515562bolide
boride9415902boride
bride86425532b_ride
busied95117222busied
decide104116872decide
depside1138402depside
deride84420032deride
desire7415302desire
eide55832242_e_ide
elide64922642_elide
inside7613452inside
onside7511802onside
pesade9311102pesade
preside10715612preside
resid64124092resid_
resided95217702resided
resider84615802resider
resides84523282resides
resids74219152resids
residue8689862residue
resile64627672resile
resite64128452resite
resize154117722resize
seaside839692seaside
side55444492__side
upside9289802upside

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551502.18637763.5
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.56269746.7
 
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