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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbehaviours” 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.

14 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
behaviours187128(None) 
behaviors1772041behavio_rs
behaviour1771471behaviour_
behavior1662202behavio_r_
haviours1443842__haviours
behavers16205613behav__ers
behavioral1851373behavioral
behaviorism2171373behaviorism
behaviorist1981973behaviorist
belabours1343543bela_bours
haviors1347383__havio_rs
haviour1354823__haviour_
paviours1343613__paviours
saviours1154273__saviours

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 Limit140603146.25022496.5
3Display Results14140.0131076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691146.66926794.3