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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 “besides” 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.

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
besides10481453(None) 
bedsides1246531bedsides
beside95114611beside_
betides104915261betides
resides84523281resides
apsides103911302apsides
asides75118872_asides
bedside1156842bedside_
beedies10314202beedies
beiges91014402be_iges
belies84631052beli_es
bemires113212832bemires
bemixes18338652bemixes
berimes115216642berimes
beses75830722bes__es
besieges1146002besieges
beslimes1246952beslimes
besmiles1237392besmiles
bestrides1237912bestrides
betide95115972betide_
betided114810202betided
betimes115114412betimes
betises94816122betises
bevies114017302bevi_es
bides85536772b__ides
bolides10515072bolides
borides10515152borides
brides94423512b_rides
busies85525262busi_es
decides114217652decides
depsides1238502depsides
derides93420852derides
desires81316132desires
elides74420692_elides
insides8512652insides
pesades10310902pesades
presides11414912presides
reside74224932reside_
resided95217702resided
resider84615802resider
residers93311882residers
resids74219152resid_s
residues9338812residues
resiles74026542resiles
resites74027792resites
resizes164216842resizes
seasides938742seasides
sides65838362__sides
upsides10319632upsides

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit107671493.28032826.5
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691493.54650392.3
 
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