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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 “beetlers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
beetlers103740(None) 
beetler938041beetler_
beetles9312081beetle_s
battlers104110972battlers
beaters94925042beat_ers
beatless103311592beatless
beefless1335492beefless
beepers113612382bee_pers
beetle8311672beetle__
beetled1038222beetle_d
beezers18349242bee_zers
begetters12135042begetters
belters93819412belt_ers
beltless10297712beltless
besetters11136642besetters
betters94422092b_etters
bevelers13389462bevelers
bevellers14276142bevellers
blethers13429612blethers
bottlers103810012bottlers
bustlers104210622bustlers
butlers94518052b_utlers
feelers103814742fee_lers
feetless1137382feetless
heelers103815622hee_lers
meeters94714542meet_ers
needlers9287422needlers
nestlers8359232nestlers
nettlers8307512nettlers
peelers93615592pee_lers
reelers73520272ree_lers
settlers8289022settlers
teeters74018302teet_ers
teethers11328712teethers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059343.54634139.6
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.95245215.3
 
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