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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 “begun” 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.

37 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
begun8511344(None) 
began86319571began
begin85117351begin
begum105213921begum
bean66443862be_an
beau66137272beau_
beaus75127112beaus
beaut75135212beaut
beaux146513212beaux
bedu75923692bedu_
beduin939712beduin
been65335782be_en
beg65944132beg__
begat86629722begat
beget85632562beget
begins94415302begins
begone9512132begone
begot84625952begot
begs75733832beg_s
beguine1068502beguine
begulf1238902begulf
begums11429492begums
belon73924112belon
ben56554922be__n
beton76022062beton
bogan87519002bogan
bogus85616472bogus
bosun75113592bosun
bun56348142b__un
degum94711902degum
gun47240802__gun
negus64513562negus
rebegun1043932rebegun
rerun58722152rerun
segue6314412segue
tegua6109562tegua
vegan95114152vegan

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800371.81329674.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.15582919.3
 
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