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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 “bellied” 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.

72 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
bellied10431407(None) 
belied95022161be_lied
belled94626191bell_ed
bellies94023721bellies
bullied104514811bullied
jellied15419221jellied
allied74217152_allied
balled94926892ball_ed
ballies93725742ballies
beelined11277712beelined
belaced124112152belaced
beladied1236662beladied
belated103520012belated
belayed133610082belayed
belched154011842belched
belfried1444202belfried
belie75630382be_lie_
belief115018602be_lief
belier84423562be_lier
belies84631052be_lies
bellbird1343822bellbird
belle75827832bell_e_
belleek1347242belleek
belles85325992bell_es
belling103825072belling
bellmen1138142bellmen
bellowed14158612bellowed
beloved13188392beloved
belted94020632be_lted
berried103714052berried
beslimed1335012beslimed
billed94224902bill_ed
billie85019172billie_
billies93923502billies
bolled94722652boll_ed
bollixed1834482bollixed
bulled94626492bull_ed
bullier94116432bullier
bullies94121892bullies
celled94420322cell_ed
collied103316682collied
cullied104012352cullied
dallied93713612dallied
dellies83622212dellies
dollied93811142dollied
felled103720302fell_ed
fellies104119742fellies
gallied94115002gallied
gelled84718892gell_ed
gillied95512312gillied
gullied93812062gullied
helled104024702hell_ed
helloed113512432helloed
jelled144916062jell_ed
jellies143816532jellies
jollied15349272jollied
kellies113516852kellies
melled95023022mell_ed
nellie63614812nellie_
nellies73418722nellies
rallied83514082rallied
relied74926232re_lied
replied103914462replied
sallied83316952sallied
sullied83714482sullied
tallied83314752tallied
tellies73820502tellies
welled103820212well_ed
wellie92814912wellie_
wellies103719072wellies
willied114611562willied
yelled104116252yell_ed

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671723.09334811.2
3Display Results72720.0302400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691723.48351303.8
 
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