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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 “benefited” 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.

34 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
benefited154417(None) 
beneficed1743531beneficed
benefiter1443731benefiter
benefitted1642521benefitted
benefice1545002benefice_
benefices1645062benefices
benefit1248072benefit__
benefiters1543342benefiters
benefits1345712benefit_s
benempted1642762benempted
bedeviled1673443bedeviled
beefed123510873be_ef__ed
beefier12329093be_efi_er
beelined11277713be_elined
befitted14305723b__efitted
benefic1446043benefi__c
beneficent1754123beneficent
beneficiated2051683beneficiated
benefiting1644313benefiting
benighted1644743benighted
bevomited1742773bevomited
demerited1339073demerited
endited93512913_en_dited
generated11310203generated
inedited10278993_inedited
lenited8812433len__ited
redefied1368223redefi_ed
redefined1445593redefined
reedited10310083re_edited
renested92212953rene_sted
tepefied1444573tepefi_ed
unedited10249833_unedited
venenated1345903venenated
venerated1339953venerated

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641346.50022867.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.93625762.8
 
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