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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 “besmooths” 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.

27 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
besmooths164259(None) 
besmooth1543351besmooth_
resmooths1442641resmooths
besmoothed1842402besmoothed
besoothe1343782bes_oothe
besoothes1443762bes_oothes
resmooth1343632resmooth_
smooths12216322__smooths
badmouths1742443badmouths
behemoths1951773behemoths
beshouts1346763beshout_s
besmokes16406363besm_okes
besmoothing19122003besmoothing
besmuts1134683besm_ut_s
besoothed1543663bes_oothed
besots86415453bes__ot_s
betroths1345633be_troths
bigmouths1742363bigmouths
bismuths1542533bism_uths
booths115313793b___ooths
reshoots11228413reshoot_s
resmoothed1642563resmoothed
smooth11259203__smooth_
smoothes13218543__smoothes
smoothy15205083__smoothy
sooths95715593__s_ooths
vermouths1742783vermouths

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641277.00321225.3
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691277.42324072.6
 
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