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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

146 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
believes1344940(None) 
believe12519771believe_
believed14427921believed
believer13448421believer
believers14346631believers
relieves114210391relieves
beeves114615042be__eves
beliefs12448582belie_fs
beliers94617382belie_rs
belies84631052beli__es
belive115415302beli_ve_
besieges1146002besieges
releves103914972rel_eves
relieve105010692relieve_
relieved12438512relieved
reliever11448682reliever
relievers12387062relievers
relievos11374382relievos
relives104619442reli_ves
slieves10378962_slieves
achieves1645523achieves
bailees93914383baile_es
beebees1138013beebe_es
beehives1644483beehives
beelines103312803beeli_nes
behalves1644083behalves
behaves15198523be_haves
behooves1653793behooves
behoves15177353be_hoves
beiges91014413be_i_ges
beignes10149243be_ignes
bekisses1434243bekisses
beladies11310423beladies
belches143514343bel_ches
beldames1336803beldames
beleaps1138053bel_eaps
belfries1336983belfries
belie75630383beli__e_
belied95022163beli__ed
belief115018603beli__ef
belier84423563beli__er
believing1535283believing
belike124616283beli_ke_
belittles1143873belittles
belleek1347243belle_ek
belleeks1444363belleeks
belles85325993bel__les
bellies94023723bel_lies
beloved13188393bel_oved
beloveds14153963beloveds
belters93819413belte_rs
bemires113212833bemi_res
bemixes18338653bemi_xes
bendees103913863bende_es
benzenes1946853benzenes
bereaves1338273bereaves
bergeres1189113bergeres
berimes115216643beri_mes
berlines102315453berli_nes
besides104814533besi_des
besiege1035413besiege_
besieged1234723besieged
besieger1144673besieger
besiegers1244043besiegers
beslimes1246953besli_mes
betides104915263beti_des
betimes115114413beti_mes
betises94816123beti_ses
bevies114017303bevi__es
beziques2843213beziques
bilevel1244393bil_evel
bilevels1343693bil_evels
blisses94911513b_lisses
blites84721213b_li_tes
blitzes18408703b_litzes
boletes9316063bol_etes
bolides10515073boli_des
breves115516423b__reves
bylines1239243byli_nes
deceives1437903deceives
deleaves1248063deleaves
deletes83117933del_etes
delimes10314193deli_mes
deliver113312243deli_ver
delivers123310753delivers
delves104917083del__ves
derives114017813deri_ves
disbelieves1782923disbelieves
eleven988303_el_even
elevens1066803_el_evens
elides74420693_eli_des
elites66027123_eli_tes
elves85118743_el__ves
felines104718073feli_nes
gelees74116263gel_e_es
grieves1137323_grieves
helices12313723heli_ces
helixes1739133heli_xes
helves124316063hel__ves
keeves133711993ke__eves
lieges74113443__lieges
lieve86315473__lieve_
liever94611863__liever
lievest1048343__lievest
lives86133193__li_ves
melees83618083mel_e_es
misbelieves18123103misbelieves
nieves94311293__nieves
obelises1039103obeli_ses
obelizes1937513obeli_zes
olives94313953_oli_ves
peeves113814873pe__eves
pelisses1048483pelisses
pelites93821993peli_tes
pelves114514663pel__ves
prelives13310383preli_ves
receives1339743receives
reeves94721493re__eves
regives115014213regi_ves
reives95723043re_i_ves
releve95116403rel_eve_
reliefs10439433relie_fs
reliers75519213relie_rs
relies65036423reli__es
relievo10425773reliev_o
relines75331323reli_nes
reliques1736903reliques
relishes11311953relishes
relive95120783reli_ve_
relived115114683reli_ved
reprieves1475113reprieves
retrieves1265653retrieves
revives134715543revi_ves
scrieves13387613scrieves
selves94119613sel__ves
shrieves14297093shrieves
sieves93216003__sieves
sleeves103311343_sleeves
slieve9359273_slieve_
teleses7313123tel_eses
telexes1438353tel_exes
thieves1346903_thieves
unbeliever1552403unbeliever
unbelievers1651633unbelievers
unlives102010953unli_ves
velites103417303veli_tes

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit1461621468.05018156.8
3Display Results1461460.0463173.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911468.53220943.6
 
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