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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 “beebread” 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.

34 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
beebread134324(None) 
beebreads1442821beebreads
bespread1344182bespread
bedspread1542333bedspread
bedstead1253403bedstead
beebee10313063beeb_e_e
beebees1138013beeb_ees
beefed123510873bee_fe_d
beeped115313453bee_pe_d
beetled1038223beetle_d
behead1239923b_e_head
bemired123410633bemire_d
bespreads1443503bespreads
bestead10389123b_estead
bewared13310113beware_d
bleared104211253bleare_d
bread85523113___bread
frybread1741653frybread
jeered143912793jee_re_d
jetbead1742983jetb_ead
leered73816223lee_re_d
peered93819493pee_re_d
rebred95816353_rebre_d
rebreed104611073_rebreed
reread71715433_re_read
respread1135433respread
rethread1245353rethread
retread849003_retread
shewbread1842043shewbread
sowbread1443193sowbread
speedread1342383speedread
sweetbread16111853sweetbread
tiebreak1442953tiebreak
veered103612743vee_re_d

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162346.25023385.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.68926714.2
 
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