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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 “becaps” 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.

44 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
becaps12381140(None) 
becap114315051becap_
recaps103615731recaps
baps86040842b__aps
beads85429502be_ads
beaks115326622be_aks
beams95328172be_ams
beans75734692be_ans
bears75739042be_ars
beats76042242be_ats
beaus75127112be_aus
bebops1237622bebops
becalm1239202becalm
becalms1335742becalms
became123213162became
because1136232because
becks135522012bec_ks
beclasp1335262beclasp
beclasps1444352beclasps
beeps95320972be_eps
belays114313852belays
beleaps1138052beleaps
bemas96424282bema_s
betas75528762beta_s
bewraps14135402bewraps
biceps12447712biceps
bluecaps1442512bluecaps
caps87147892__caps
decafs124010882decafs
decals93717712decals
decamps1435642decamps
decays124612912decays
gelcaps1235202gelcaps
heaps105223222he_aps
icecaps1343862icecaps
leaps75522932le_aps
neaps75618322ne_aps
pecans101515832pecans
reaps75626192re_aps
recap95718022recap_
redcaps1247072redcaps
remaps105012872remaps
toecaps1135552toecaps
uncaps1039812uncaps

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.58031996.5
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691442.93660862.1
 
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