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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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137 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
believe1251977(None) 
believed14427921believed
believer13448421believer
believes13449401believes
belive115415301beli_ve
relieve105010691relieve
belie75630382beli__e
belied95022162belie_d
belief115018602belie_f
beliefs12448582beliefs
belier84423562belie_r
beliers94617382beliers
belies84631052belie_s
believers14346632believers
belike124616282beli_ke
besiege1035412besiege
lieve86315472__lieve
releve95116402rel_eve
relieved12438512relieved
reliever11448682reliever
relieves114210392relieves
relievo10425772relievo
relive95120782reli_ve
slieve9359272_slieve
achieve1545023achieve
alive85722513_ali_ve
bailee84526013baile_e
bedlike14369533bedli_ke
beebee10313073beebe_e
beehive1554033beehive
beelike13379783beeli_ke
beeline93314723beeli_ne
beeves114615043be__eves
behave14209013be_have
behoove1553773behoove
behove14207203be_hove
beige81515383be_i_ge
beigne9148613be_igne
beldame1237233beldame
beleap10410283bel_eap
believable1742723believable
believing1535283believing
belittle1044053belittle
belle75827833bel__le
belled94626193belle_d
belleek1347243belleek
belles85325993belle_s
bellied104314073bellie_d
bellies94023723bellie_s
beloved13188393beloved
belted94020633belte_d
belter84720963belte_r
belters93819413belters
bemire103312803bemi_re
bendee94121023bende_e
benzene1836343benzene
bereave1258353bereave
bergere1068913bergere
berime105317333beri_me
berline93716853berli_ne
beside95114613besi_de
besieged1234733besieged
besieger1144683besieger
besieges1146003besieges
beslime1146833besli_me
betide95115973beti_de
betime105914833beti_me
betise85616273beti_se
bevies114017303bevie_s
bezique2743173bezique
bilevel1244393bil_evel
blite76225353b_li_te
blithe115810863b_lithe
bolete8519613bol_ete
bolide9515563boli_de
breve105317053b__reve
byline11311643byli_ne
deceive1337813deceive
deleave1147723deleave
delete73620703del_ete
delime9314043deli_me
deliver113312243deliver
delve96018263del__ve
derive103817043deri_ve
disbelieve16123193disbelieve
eelier64216463eelie_r
eeliest73516473eeliest
eleven988303_el_even
elide64922643_eli_de
elite56230183_eli_te
feline94820143feli_ne
gelee63626983gel_e_e
grieve1047243_grieve
helve115018093hel__ve
keeve124512133ke__eve
liege65314433__liege
liever94611863__liever
live76540993__li_ve
melee73729103mel_e_e
misbelieve17123263misbelieve
nieve85613183__nieve
obelise9310173obeli_se
obelize1838243obeli_ze
olive84817153_oli_ve
peeve104915253pe__eve
pelisse967063pelisse
pelite84323003peli_te
receive1239733receive
reeve84121323re__eve
regive104814323regi_ve
reive85522943re_i_ve
releves103914973rel_eves
relied74926233relie_d
relief94419683relie_f
reliefs10439433reliefs
relier65826183relie_r
reliers75519213reliers
relies65036423relie_s
relievers12387063relievers
relievos11374383relievos
reline65434353reli_ne
relique1636823relique
relived115114683relived
relives104619443relives
reprieve1375443reprieve
retrieve1175693retrieve
revive124914823revi_ve
rilievi10372853rilievi
rilievo10373463rilievo
scrieve12448333scrieve
shrieve13417683shrieve
sieve84918843__sieve
sleeve93411593_sleeve
slieves10378963_slieves
thieve1235963_thieve
unbeliever1552403unbeliever
unlive92712333unli_ve

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1340271375.92322628.2
3Display Results1371370.0462978.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911376.37528030.0
 
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