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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 “belady” 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.

32 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
belady1248993(None) 
beady114719921be_ady
belay105021521bela_y
baldy115518932bal_dy
bead75937922be_ad_
beads85429502be_ads
beaky146118022be_aky
beamy126218572be_amy
beglad10138462beglad_
beglads11127262beglads
belaud939132belaud
belauds1036642belauds
belays114313852belays
beldam11410112beldam
belfry1435072belfry
belly104625492bel_ly
benday123810812benday
bendy115017252be_ndy
blade85923332b_lade
bleary115112552bleary
bready124511182bready
delay94820632dela_y
gelada837622gelada
glady105413942_glady
heady125117262he_ady
lady86527152__lady
leady95618602le_ady
malady1237862malady
melody1237202melody
milady1236612milady
ready94821502re_ady
relay84424672rela_y

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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551322.72030349.6
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691322.83962941.5
 
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