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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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111 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
besieged123472(None) 
besiege1035411besiege_
besieger1144671besieger
besieges1146001besieges
believed14427922believed
beringed1298172beringed
beseemed1334852beseemed
besiegers1244042besiegers
bewigged1643382bewigged
bewinged1584472bewinged
sieged85212712__sieged
basified1437823basified
basined10310003basi_ned
basseted1136743basseted
beavered1437503beavered
bedewed1437153be_dewed
bedimmed1643443bedimmed
bedizened2242753bedizened
beefed123510873be__efed
beeped115313453be__eped
befinger1434643befinger
befitted14305723befitted
befleaed1454653befleaed
befogged1643153befogged
befringed16123863befringed
begged115013803be__gged
begirded1334173begirded
beige81515373be_i_ge_
beiges91014403be_i_ges
bekissed1543163bekissed
belied95022163beli__ed
believe12519773believe_
believer13448423believer
believes13449403believes
belonged1235313belonged
bemingled1544083bemingled
bemired123410633bemi_red
bemisted1368383bemisted
bemixed19337053bemi_xed
berimed124912283beri_med
berouged1235323berouged
beseeched1743193beseeched
beseem1069083bes_e_em
beshamed1635733beshamed
beshivered1942183beshivered
beshrewed1882723beshrewed
beside95114613besi_de_
besides104814533besi_des
besieging1344763besieging
beslaved1435023beslaved
beslimed1335013beslimed
besmeared1443423besmeared
besmiled1335493besmiled
besmoked17405413besmoked
besmudged1642233besmudged
besnowed14124403besnowed
besotted1135843besotted
bestead10389113beste_ad
besteaded1345043besteaded
bested94922753bes__ted
bestirred1243803bestirred
bestowed14156613bestowed
bestrewed1594163bestrewed
betided114810203beti_ded
bettered113011833bettered
beveled133811123be_veled
bilged105513183b__ilged
binged105920823b__inged
bistered112913323bistered
bridged12339033b_ridged
briefed1335743b_riefed
busheled1465263busheled
busied95117223busi__ed
desexed1636173des_exed
designed1136943designed
desired9311983desi_red
desisted1039783desisted
festered122512103festered
lesioned936903lesioned
lessened935093lessened
meseemed1343963meseemed
messaged1235543messaged
osiered837123_osiered
pestered112814953pestered
rehinged1336853rehinged
rejigged1833683rejigged
relieved12438513relieved
reneged92010763re_neged
renigged1135053renigged
rerigged1136243rerigged
reseed74823293res_e_ed
reseeded1038093reseeded
reseized1839213reseized
resewed113011823res_ewed
resided95217703resi_ded
resifted12310153resifted
resigned1038863resigned
resiled84621983resi_led
resined84522653resi_ned
resisted9312693resisted
resited85122423resi_ted
resized174614903resi_zed
restaged103011863restaged
resurged1038623resurged
reviewed1534823reviewed
siege66718443__siege_
sieges73816833__sieges
sieved104611443__sieved
singed85422293__singed
vesseled1243803vesseled
westered122511863westered

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit1461621117.03320782.3
3Display Results1111110.0303700.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911117.21924752.9
 
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