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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 “bedevil” 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.

57 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
bedevil134451(None) 
bedevils1444371bedevils
bedel84219402bede__l
bedell93610042bede_ll
bedeviled1673442bedeviled
bedrail1037252bedrail
devil94714732__devil
weevil1295432we_evil
bedeck1536213bede_ck
bedecks1635793bedecks
bedells10379363bedells
bedels94015273bede_ls
bedeman12168843bedeman
bedemen12910183bedemen
bedeviling1743483bedeviling
bedevilled1742353bedevilled
bedew114513043bede__w
bedewed1437153bedewed
bedewing1537143bedewing
bedews12398943bede_ws
bedim10313833bed__im
bedouin1046043bedouin
bedquilt2043453bedquilt
bedrails1136293bedrails
bedrid1039943bed_rid
bedrivel1444083bedrivel
bedroll1055553bedroll
bedsit9312843bed_sit
beduin939713bed_uin
beedi8711663be_edi_
beefily1535613be_efily
beeves114615043be_eves
befell11428713befe_ll
bejewel1953043bejewel
benefic1446043benefic
benefit1248073benefit
betel74419903bete__l
bevel104517043b__evel
bewail1189583be_wail
bezel165215173beze__l
bezil163812883b__ezil
bilevel1244393bilevel
daredevil1451243daredevil
deil56231623__de_il
devel94217123__devel
devils104412813__devils
edenic9310223_edenic
ervil8310303_e_rvil
evil75318073___evil
federal1148533federal
kevil12399863__kevil
medevac1553523medevac
medieval1443943medieval
redtail858713redtail
wedel94513963wede__l
weevils1384683we_evils
weevily1694643we_evily

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911340270.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit134027578.93614998.5
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691579.40518999.6
 
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