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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 “behavior” 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.

28 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
behavior166220(None) 
behaviors1772041behaviors
behaviour1771471behaviour
behaver15206722behav_er
behaving1735452behaving
behavioral1851372behavioral
behaviours1871282behaviours
havior1248202__havior
beadier103513913be_adier
beakier134012163be_akier
beamier113411943be_amier
beaver114819253be_av_er
behave14209013behav__e
behaved16176683behav_ed
behavers16205613behavers
behaves15198523behav_es
behaviorism2171373behaviorism
behaviorist1981973behaviorist
behoving1734913behoving
belabor1136293bela_bor
bevor101510813be__v_or
haviors1347383__haviors
haviour1354823__haviour
heavier13429423he_avier
leavier10319993le_avier
misbehavior2161053misbehavior
pavior1138533__pavior
savior9710173__savior

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162286.48622535.0
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.91925826.1
 
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