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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 “becrowding” 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.

48 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
becrowding194337(None) 
beclouding1644132beclouding
beclowning1843422beclowning
becrawling1843612becrawling
crowding15247932__crowding
decrowning1743592decrowning
recrowning1645212recrowning
bearding124011943bear__ding
beblooding1643243beblooding
beckoning1845773becko_ning
becloaking1944883becloaking
beclogging1743413beclogging
beclothing1843873beclothing
becoming1538163bec_o_ming
becowarding2052533bec_owarding
becriming1646363becr_iming
becrowd1555173becrowd___
becrowded1842923becrowd_ed
becrowds1683773becrowd__s
becrusting1544603becrusting
begroaning14114113begroaning
beholding1634233be_holding
behowling1843683be_howling
bellowing1547193bellow_ing
beshrouding1852233beshrouding
besnowing1544123besnow_ing
bestowing1535803bestow_ing
bestrowing1644373bestrow_ing
betrothing1644663betrothing
borrowing1544563borrow_ing
brooding122911373b__rooding
browning14299643b__rowning
browsing14319353b__rowsing
burrowing1544473burrow_ing
crowing133814763__crow_ing
crowning143510033__crowning
decoding132410053dec_o_ding
eroding9314273_e_ro_ding
escrowing1544813escrow_ing
necrosing1247693necro_sing
outcrowding1843493outcrowding
overcrowding2243973overcrowding
recoding122213853rec_o_ding
recording131311623rec_ording
recrossing1386973recrossing
regrowing1436673regrow_ing
seconding1337613sec_onding
uncrowning1644273uncrowning

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603486.12622951.8
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691486.54827289.4
 
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