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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 “bearhugs” 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.

32 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
bearhugs144252(None) 
bearhug1343151bearhug_
bearings113912252bearings
bedrugs11194282bedr_ugs
barbuts11439843b_arbuts
barhops14288113b_arhops
bariums1139143b_ariums
barongs105310833b_arongs
barques18259643b_arques
beaches144120653beach_es
beadings123711783beadings
beanbags1342863beanbags
bearcats1267023bearcats
beards94116673bear__ds
bearers94619593bear_ers
bearing103624773bearing_
bears75739043bear___s
beatings114113233beatings
beaus75127113bea__u_s
beauts86015283bea__uts
bedbugs13193503be_dbugs
bedrug10164953bedr_ug_
bergs84718043be_r__gs
earbuds1044633_earbuds
earfuls1036863_earfuls
earings84517713_earings
earplugs1142243_earplugs
earwigs11104413_earwigs
gearings10359503gearings
hearings123611853hearings
hearthrugs1752223hearthrugs
reargues936713reargues

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162327.51619446.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.96822426.1
 
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