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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 “besmooth” 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.

36 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
besmooth154335(None) 
besmooths1642591besmooths
resmooth1343631resmooth
besmoothed1842402besmoothed
besoothe1343782bes_oothe
resmooths1442642resmooths
smooth11259202__smooth
badmouth1643583badmouth
behemoth1842223behemoth
bescorch1742583bescorch
beshout12311843beshout_
beshouts1346763beshouts
besmirch1742133besmirch
besmoke15416623besm_oke
besmoked17405413besmoked
besmokes16406363besmokes
besmoothing19122003besmoothing
besmut10310653besm_ut_
besmuts1134683besm_uts
besoothed1543663bes_oothed
besoothes1443763bes_oothes
besot76429713bes__ot_
besots86415453bes__ots
betroth1247543be_troth
bigmouth1643413bigmouth
bismuth1443723bism_uth
booth105522013b___ooth
reshoot102513893reshoot_
reshoots11228413reshoots
resmoothed1642563resmoothed
smooch13266803__smooch
smoosh11236733__smoosh
smooths12216323__smooths
smoothy15205083__smoothy
sooth85924063__s_ooth
vermouth1643773vermouth

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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162366.42022766.7
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.87625987.6
 
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