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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 “bedeviled” 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.

39 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
bedeviled167344(None) 
bedevilled1742351bedevilled
bedevil1344512bedevil__
bedevils1444372bedevil_s
deviled124112182__deviled
weeviled1533142we_eviled
bedabbled1442543bedabbled
bedazzled2142083bedazzled
bedecked1874573bede_cked
bedeviling1743483bedeviling
bedevilment1952823bedevilment
bedewed1437153bede__wed
bedimpled1742593bedimpled
bedriveled1761713bedriveled
beelined11277713be_elined
beetled1038223be_e_tled
beguiled1244443be_guiled
bejeweled2272013bejeweled
bemedaled1543313bemedaled
beneficed1743533beneficed
benefited1544173benefited
besmiled1335503be_smiled
beveled133811133b__eveled
bevelled14327823beve_lled
bewailed1435343be_wailed
defiled124013103__defiled
develed123611933__develed
devilled1336743__devilled
devised123712563__devised
medevaced1842333medevaced
redecided1455123redecided
redefied1368223redefi_ed
redefined1445593redefined
redenied10511283redeni_ed
redivided1544253redivided
reviled114417923__reviled
televised1344243televised
undefiled1446113undefiled
wedeled1237783wede__led

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641397.09320956.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.53223724.2
 
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