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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 “bestrewing” 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.

46 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
bestrewing164377(None) 
beshrewing1942881beshrewing
bestrowing1644371bestrowing
bestowing1535802best_owing
bestrewn1343322bestrew_n_
bestriding1446002bestriding
strewing12289842__strewing
bedewing1537143be__dewing
bescreening1642773bescreening
beseeming1435143bes_eeming
besieging1344763bes_ieging
besnowing1544123bes_nowing
bespreading1743503bespreading
besteading1446023besteading
besting104923923best___ing
bestirring1343993bestirring
bestrew1248003bestrew___
bestrewed1594163bestrew_ed
bestrews1335603bestrew__s
bestrown1345193bestrow_n_
bestudding1542653bestudding
betraying1537713be_traying
bettering122212753be_ttering
bitewing1435293b_it_ewing
brewing133411153b___rewing
destroying1564903destroying
eschewing1893503_eschewing
escrowing1544813_escrowing
esteeming1244703_esteeming
estraying1338293_estraying
estreating11710363_estreating
festering132413173fest_ering
overstrewing1944673overstrewing
pestering122315663pest_ering
resewing122712263res__ewing
restressing1266043restressing
restriking1548043restriking
restring91518783restr__ing
restriving1448133restriving
screwing14288223__screwing
shrewing15228083__shrewing
stewing113412493__st_ewing
strawing122411623__strawing
strowing122310563__strowing
unscrewing1643203unscrewing
westering132112643west_ering

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603467.54618632.8
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691467.71523161.5
 
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