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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 “becrowded” 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.

52 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
becrowded184292(None) 
beclouded1543502beclouded
beclowned1743242beclowned
becrawled1743122becrawled
becrowd1555172becrow__d
becrowds1683772becrowd_s
crowded14418782__crowded
decrowned1663652decrowned
recrowned1564852recrowned
uncrowded1654132uncrowded
bearded114212133bear__ded
beblooded1542753beblooded
beckoned1735783becko_ned
becloaked1843733becloaked
beclogged1643143beclogged
beclothed1744123beclothed
becoward1644763bec_oward
becowarded1942033bec_owarded
becrimed1565513becr_imed
becrowding1943373becrowding
becrusted1443943becrusted
bedroomed1543643bedroomed
begroaned13124053begroaned
behowled1733463be_howled
bellowed14158603bellow_ed
berobed1238233be_ro_bed
berouged1235323be_rouged
beshrouded1751833beshrouded
besnowed14124403besnow_ed
bestowed14156613bestow_ed
bestrowed1585163bestrow_ed
betrothed1544943betrothed
borrowed1465043borrow_ed
brooded113510933b__rooded
browed125216393b__row_ed
browned134710973b__rowned
browsed134511233b__rowsed
burrowed1444443burrow_ed
crowder13389843__crowder
crowed124717293__crow_ed
crowned133912423__crowned
decoded123212383dec_o_ded
eroded84313583_e_ro_ded
escrowed1434653escrow_ed
necrosed1137213necro_sed
outcrowded1743153outcrowded
overcrowded2143183overcrowded
recoded113115033rec_o_ded
recorded122511063rec_orded
recrossed1246513recrossed
seconded1236353sec_onded
uncrowned1564743uncrowned

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641527.36020195.8
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691527.53223724.2
 
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