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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbesmoothing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
besmoothing1912200(None) 
besoothing1693161bes_oothing
resmoothing17122591resmoothing
smoothing1535292__smoothing
badmouthing2051213badmouthing
beclothing1843873be_clothing
bescorching2142283bescorching
beshouting1644023beshout_ing
besmirching2191913besmirching
besmoking18114613besm_o_king
besmooth1543353besmooth___
besmoothed1842403besmooth_ed
besmooths1642593besmooth__s
besmutting1553353besm_utting
besotting12256873bes__otting
betrothing1644663be_trothing
reshooting1436223reshoot_ing
smooching1734883__smooching
smooshing1534793__smooshing
soothing12269973__s_oothing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633204.84325115.2
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691205.24934042.9