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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 “betels” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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94 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
betels8451506(None) 
bedels94015271bedels
betel74419901betel_
bethels1238531bethels
bevels113913981bevels
bezels173712281bezels
botels84815801botels
artels66216232artels
babels105216722babels
bagels95712312bagels
bates75846342bate_s
beaters94925042beaters
bedel84219402bedel_
bedell93610042bedell
bedells10379362bedells
bedews12398942bedews
beefs105618562be_efs
beeps95320972be_eps
beers75628392be_ers
bees65453382be_e_s
beetle8311672beetle
beetles9312082beetles
beets76131442be_ets
befell11428712befell
begets96215522begets
beheld1236412beheld
belles85325992belles
bells76432162be_lls
bels66142492b__els
belters93819412belters
benes75536232bene_s
berets85822522berets
beryls11107882beryls
beses75830722bese_s
besets85718802besets
betas75528762bet_as
bethel1169642bethel_
beths105519222bet_hs
betons84919552betons
bets67051442bet__s
bettas84913922bettas
betters94422092betters
bevel104517042bevel_
bezel165215172bezel_
bezils1711310602bezils
biters83925242biters
bites75641172bite_s
boatels93510232boatels
botel75121862botel_
bowels114315592bowels
buteos84913412buteos
butes714535872bute_s
butles84423912butles
butyls1176752butyls
bytes105217492byte_s
cetes75731102cete_s
deters74724682deters
devels104313902devels
eels46536742_e_els
feels85223042fe_els
fetes85630142fete_s
heels85625532he_els
hotels94515522hotels
jebels15418912jebels
jetes124922842jete_s
jewels16508612jewels
keels94622412ke_els
ketols104210762ketols
kevels134410712kevels
levels94113282levels
metals84520892metals
meters85625832meters
metes74736212mete_s
metols84115772metols
motels83616902motels
newels93710822newels
peels75226422pe_els
petals84719812petals
peters86624592peters
petrels9279372petrels
ratels64518212ratels
rebels84518132rebels
reels55333262re_els
refels94618052refels
repels84318762repels
retell63813642retell
retells73211522retells
retems83914572retems
revels94220572revels
seels55632822se_els
steels64117982steels
teels55726372te_els
tels46841692__tels
wedels103811032wedels

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 Limit82551942.23636919.1
3Display Results94940.0303133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691942.60968490.2
 
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