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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 “bechalks” 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.

55 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
bechalks194479(None) 
bechalk1845801bechalk_
becalms1335742bec_alms
bechalked2143592bechalked
becharms1745342becharms
bethanks1765312bethanks
chalks155412142__chalks
balks114926293b___alks
beachballs1953013beachballs
beaks115326623be__a_ks
becalm1239203bec_al_m
becaps123811403bec_a_ps
bechalking2244113bechalking
bechamel1754283bechamel
bechamels1853033bechamels
bechance1747743bechance
bechances1847613bechances
becharm1636843becha_rm
becks135522013bec___ks
beclasps1444353beclasps
becloaks1644933becloaks
becrawls1543623becrawls
bedchairs1742603bedchairs
beefalos1343653beefalos
befalls12349123be_falls
begalls10319163be_galls
behalf14310953be_hal_f
behalves1644083be_halves
behaves15198523be_haves
beholds1336423be_holds
benchmarks2351913benchmarks
beshames1537203beshames
bethank1666273bethank_
bethels1238533bethel_s
bethinks1765043bethinks
brechams1745773brecha_ms
brechans1547413brecha_ns
bytalks1632713b_ytalks
calks115421603__c_alks
chalk144814603__chalk_
chalky18468773__chalky
charks155219703__charks
decals93717713dec_al_s
echards1337963_echards
enhalos1087533_enhalos
exhales1737143_exhales
fecials123510333fecial_s
lethals1038113lethal_s
nuchals12216933nuchal_s
pechans14810503pecha_ns
peptalks1653843peptalks
recalls92613623rec_alls
recharts1337663recharts
rechecks1944553rechecks
recoals94214623recoal_s

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162556.31323152.5
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691556.74926476.7
 
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