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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 “bedeviling” 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.

35 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
bedeviling174348(None) 
bedevilling1852551bedevilling
deviling1311812852__deviling
bedabbling1542293bedabbling
bedazzling2241933bedazzling
bedecking1934283bede_cking
bedevil1344513bedevil___
bedeviled1673443bedevil_ed
bedevilled1742353bedevilled
bedevilment1952823bedevilment
bedevils1444373bedevil__s
bedewing1537143bede__wing
bedimpling1862463bedimpling
bedriveling1841813bedriveling
beelining1236593be_elining
beetling1139283be_e_tling
beguiling1334853be_guiling
bejeweling2341713bejeweling
beneficing1843823beneficing
benefiting1644313benefiting
besmiling1436263be_smiling
beveling143011033b__eveling
bevelling15227453beve_lling
bewailing1536063be_wailing
defiling132812463__defiling
develing133212733__develing
devilling1436703__devilling
devising133111523__devising
medevacing1942863medevacing
redeciding1544703redeciding
redefining1545423redefining
redividing1644193redividing
reviling122917213__reviling
televising1444113televising
wedeling1338773wede__ling

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603355.81324187.7
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.23228673.1
 
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