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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 “beclowning” 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.

53 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
beclowning184342(None) 
beckoning1845772becko_ning
becloaking1944882becloaking
beclogging1743412beclogging
beclothing1843872beclothing
beclouding1644132beclouding
becrowding1943372becrowding
bellowing1547192bellow_ing
clowning14307252__clowning
decrowning1743592decrowning
recrowning1645212recrowning
ballooning1344723ballooning
beaconing1436633beaco_ning
beblooding1643243beblooding
beclasping17134073beclasping
beclown1435423beclow__n_
beclowned1743243beclown_ed
beclowns1544683beclow__ns
becoming1538163bec_o_ming
becrawling1843613becrawling
beelining1236593beel_ining
beflowering2042763beflowering
beglooming1642953beglooming
begroaning14114113begroaning
behowling1843683be_howling
belonging1335913be_longing
bemoaning1435953be_moaning
besnowing1544123besnow_ing
bestowing1535803bestow_ing
bethorning1644203bethorning
billowing1545873billow_ing
blowing133813053b__low_ing
browning14299643b__rowning
cloning103215473__clo_ning
crowning143510033__crowning
declawing1636213declaw_ing
declining13129353decl_ining
eloining9310443_e_loining
fellowing1655923fellow_ing
mellowing1545893mellow_ing
reckoning1637643recko_ning
recleaning1336753recleaning
reclining121112283recl_ining
reclothing1644973reclothing
recoining121313803rec_oining
reconning121410793rec_onning
reflowing1636523reflow_ing
reglowing1436173reglow_ing
reloaning10710483re_loaning
renowning1336083re_nowning
replowing1537413replow_ing
uncrowning1644273uncrowning
yellowing1655073yellow_ing

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603535.87623928.4
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691536.32928233.7
 
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