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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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158 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
because113623(None) 
beaus75127112be_aus_
became123213162beca_me
becaps123811402becaps_
becrust1137982becrust
becurse1136182becurse
bemuse1038942be_muse
berceuse1243432berceuse
cause75225352__cause
recluse95210772recluse
recuse85519162rec_use
accuse103411033_accuse
bagasse1035143bagasse
base64847023b__a_se
beaches144120653beaches
beadle93314683be_adle
beads85429503be_ads_
beagle93612593be_agle
beaks115326623be_aks_
beams95328173be_ams_
beanie83618593be_anie
beans75734693be_ans_
bears75739043be_ars_
beast76338643be_a_st
beats76042243be_ats_
beau66137273be_au__
beauish12268513be_auish
beaut75135213be_au_t
beauts86015283be_auts
beauty115410163be_auty
beaux146513213be_au_x
becalm1239203beca_lm
becalmed1534813becalmed
becalms1335743becalms
becap114315053beca__p
becapped1733943becapped
becarpet1447533becarpet
bechance1747743bechance
becks135522013bec_ks_
beclasp1335263beclasp
become123312593bec_ome
becomes132911963becomes
becrime1387053becrime
becrusted1443953becrusted
becrusts1244843becrusts
becursed1335593becursed
becurses1236723becurses
becurst1147853becurst
bedaub1146033bedau_b
bedaubed1443183bedaubed
bedaubs1233693bedaubs
begaze1838333bega_ze
begazes1937963begazes
behave14209013beha_ve
behaves15198523behaves
belaud939133belau_d
belauded1244793belauded
belauds1036643belauds
belays114313853belays_
bemas96424283bema_s_
bemused1236713be_mused
bemuses1139293be_muses
bename103316073bena_me
benames112814603benames
berake124216083bera_ke
berakes134815773berakes
berate84729023bera_te
berates94126873berates
berceuses1344103berceuses
bespouse1245113bespouse
betaine9413783betaine
betake124512703beta_ke
betakes134212523betakes
betas75528763beta_s_
betise85616273be_tise
beware11313713bewa_re
bewares12313373bewares
blase75524233b_la_se
blouse84714723b_louse
bouse75931853b__ouse
braise84318753b_raise
carse74934333__carse
case65848083__ca_se
caused95117043__caused
causer84117783__causer
causes88026473__causes
causey113513273__causey
cayuse11207763__cayuse
cease75227653ce_a_se
ceruse83914523ce_ruse
clause84311503_clause
cruse75726103__cruse
debase94014473deba_se
decade104216163deca_de
decades113615513decades
decafs124010883decafs_
decals93717713decals_
decane93818873deca_ne
decanes103118913decanes
decare93919153deca_re
decares102818533decares
decays124612913decays_
decease1049523decease
declasse1165943declasse
defuse105712723de_fuse
degauss933923degauss
delouse839833delouse
ease45042333_e_a_se
ecarte84313503_ecarte
ecrus75113863_ecrus_
ecus65421463_ec_us_
effuse1234963_effuse
elapse857523_elapse
encase83714363enca_se
erase54925493_era_se
excuse1537423_excuse
fease84824873fe_a_se
hearse94114283he_arse
heaume1137543he_aume
incase83615283inca_se
incuse83513573inc_use
lease55230263le_a_se
lecture9149523lecture
megasse10266243megasse
necrose939733necrose
pause75021833__pause
pease75231113pe_a_se
pecans101515833pecans_
pectase112410363pectase
perfuse1247663perfuse
peruse84016843pe_ruse
reaccuse1245043reaccuse
recane83022873reca_ne
recanes93222263recanes
recaps103615733recaps_
recast83422773reca_st
rechose121312053rechose
recluses105111733recluses
recoupe11109933recoupe
recourse1038383recourse
rectus83314633rectus_
recused104714433rec_used
recuses94619463rec_uses
refuse94817513re_fuse
regauge945813regauge
rehouse10311773rehouse
relapse947703relapse
reraise7316313reraise
retuse66617223re_tuse
reuse56025363re__use
scouse84113633_scouse
secalose1046963secalose
seclude1035233seclude
secure8513533sec_ure
subcause1265833subcause
tease55428713te_a_se
uncase83817433unca_se
uncaused1138453uncaused

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1340271587.04619021.7
3Display Results1581580.0632507.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911587.51523777.9
 
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