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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 “besieges” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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99 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
besieges114600(None) 
besiege1035411besiege_
besieged1234731besieged
besieger1144681besieger
besiegers1244051besiegers
beiges91014412be_i_ges
believes13449402believes
besides104814532besi_des
sieges73816832__sieges
bareges105212033b_areges
basifies13310493basifies
bedsides1246533bedsi_des
beebees1138013beebe_es
beeves114615043be__eves
befinger1434643befinger
befingers1544103befingers
befringes15104453befringes
beige81515383be_i_ge_
beignes10149243be_ignes
beings94613033be_ing_s
bekisses1434243bekisses
beliefs12448583belie_fs
beliers94617383belie_rs
belies84631053beli__es
believe12519773believe_
believed14427923believed
believer13448423believer
believers14346633believers
bemingles1444743bemingles
bemires113212833bemi_res
bemixes18338653bemi_xes
bendees103913863bende_es
benzenes1946853benzenes
bergeres1189113bergeres
berimes115216643beri_mes
beringed1298173beringed
beseeches1643953beseeches
beseem1069083bes_e_em
beseemed1334863beseemed
beseems1175913bes_eems
beses75830723bes___es
besets85718803bes_e_ts
beshames1537203beshames
beside95114613besi_de_
besieging1344763besieging
beslimes1246953beslimes
besmears1234543besmears
besmiles1237393besmiles
besmokes16406363besmokes
besmudges1542413besmudges
bespeaks1643963bespeaks
besteads11307123besteads
betides104915263beti_des
betimes115114413beti_mes
betises94816123beti_ses
bevies114017303bevi__es
bewigged1643383bewigged
bewigs1246533bewi_g_s
bewinged1584473bewinged
beziques2843213beziques
bilges94915633b__ilges
binges93923123b__inges
boscages1366643boscages
boskages1565423boskages
bridges113911333b_ridges
busies85525263busi__es
busings103711223busing_s
desexes1537833des_exes
designs9328313desi_gns
desires81316133desi_res
lessees73510243lesse_es
lieges74113443__lieges
meninges1137433meninges
messages1138233messages
mestees94617753meste_es
obesities1145843obesities
perigees1189503perigees
rehinges1248403rehinges
relieves114210393relieves
remiges103015473remi_ges
reneges82513593re_neges
resees63827483res_e_es
reseizes1759853reseizes
resides84523283resi_des
residues9338813residues
resigns83910963resi_gns
resiles74026543resi_les
resites74027793resi_tes
resizes164216843resi_zes
restages92815773restages
resurges9310123resurges
siege66718443__siege_
sieged85212713__sieged
sieves93216003__sieves
singes74326853__singes
testees74215913teste_es
vesicles13127073vesicles
vestees103513173veste_es
vestiges1238243vestiges

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162997.23620199.3
3Display Results99990.0462152.2
 (SQL Overall)178691997.70223200.6
 
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