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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 “beaux” 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.

40 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
beaux14651321(None) 
beau66137271beau_
beaus75127111beaus
beaut75135211beaut
eaux116618421_eaux
bateaux1693882bateaux
baud74928422b_aud
beach124623892beach
bead75937922bea_d
beads85429502beads
beady114719922beady
beak106534382bea_k
beaks115326622beaks
beaky146118022beaky
beam86939232bea_m
beams95328172beams
beamy126218572beamy
bean66443862bea_n
beano75421552beano
beans75734692beans
bear66844642bea_r
beard86024962beard
bears75739042bears
beast76338642beast
beat66168302bea_t
beats76042242beats
beauts86015282beauts
beauty115410162beauty
bedaub1146032bedaub
bedu75923692bedu_
begum105213922begum
begun85113442begun
belaud939132belaud
bemix165011452bemix
brux136315272b_rux
bureaux1664592bureaux
eau37450942_eau_
faux146519072_faux
jeux184311272je_ux
redux133811102redux

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800401.72031279.1
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.03387895.2
 
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