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

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

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

17 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
besnow114571(None) 
besnows1245151besnows
bestow1149461bestow
beano75421552beano_
beanos85516512beanos
beknot1239762beknot
bellow114213352bellow
below104617192be_low
besnowed14124412besnowed
besom95716972bes_om
besot76429712bes_ot
bestows1248862bestows
bestrow1237252bestrow
enow77819872_e_now
reshow123111432reshow
resow88217242res_ow
snow76324792__snow

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551172.45333653.1
3Display Results17170.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691172.79663909.5