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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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124 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
befouled143468(None) 
befooled1434801befooled
befouler1343921befouler
befogged1643152befogged
befoul1137252befoul__
befoulers1443122befoulers
befouls1236052befoul_s
behowled1733472behowled
berouged1235342berouged
fouled104315972__fouled
baffled16418063baf_fled
batfowled1851963batfowled
beclouded1543513beclouded
bedaubed1443183bedaubed
bedotted1234983bedotted
beetled1038223be_etled
befallen1344043befallen
befitted14305723befitted
beflea1147123bef__lea
befleaed1454663befleaed
befool1137713befool__
befools1236433befool_s
before11410153befo_re_
befouling1534983befouling
befuddled1742003befuddled
begalled1236033begalled
begoggled1541713begoggled
beguiled1244443beguiled
begulfed1552603be_gulfed
behold1247343beho_l_d
behooved1743133behooved
behoved16205563beho_ved
belauded1244793belauded
belled94626193be__lled
belonged1235313belonged
beloved13188393belo_ved
bemoaned1335553bemoaned
bemocked1934073bemocked
bemused1236713be_mused
berobed1238243bero_bed
bescoured1444333bescoured
beshouted1544073beshouted
besmiled1335503besmiled
besotted1135843besotted
bespoused1443773bespoused
beuncled1334013beuncled
beveled133811133be_veled
bevelled14327823bevelled
bewailed1435343bewailed
bewormed16235443bewormed
bifocaled1742463bifocaled
bifold1237223bifo_l_d
biforked1842873biforked
biformed1643693biformed
biofouler1441893biofouler
biofueled1541753biofueled
bloused104310643b_loused
boiled95020953b__oiled
bolled94722653b__olled
boodled113410933b_oodled
boule74828043b__oule_
boules84925973b__oules
boused95322883b__oused
bowled125018143b__owled
broiled103811423b_roiled
decoupled15114293decoupled
defaulted1443313defaulted
defiled124013103def_iled
defoamed15356243defoamed
defocused16143533defocused
defogged1533783defogged
deforced15247373deforced
deformed15248263deformed
defueled1374513defueled
defused125211093def_used
defuzed21447043def_uzed
deloused1036983deloused
detoured1036513detoured
devoured1335723devoured
dewooled1333833dewooled
effulged1642013_effulged
effused1434143_effused
ensouled935833ensouled
ferruled1263923ferruled
feruled11318423fe_ruled
foaled104515963__foaled
foiled104618403__foiled
fooled104317823__fooled
fouler93614903__fouler
fowled133914103__fowled
insouled936113insouled
meoued9118533me_ou_ed
peopled1238513pe_opled
reboiled11349393reboiled
recoaled113111793recoaled
recoiled113613223recoiled
recouped13128673recouped
recoupled1496173recoupled
redoubled1343773redoubled
refelled122810173refelled
refiled114318653ref_iled
refilled12278673refilled
refluxed1954353refluxed
refocused15144653refocused
refold103812113refo_l_d
refolded1337063refolded
reforged13268703reforged
reformed14249603reformed
refound1157413refou_nd
refounded1435473refounded
refueled1286573refueled
refuged125410873ref_uged
refused115114443ref_used
refuted114313803ref_uted
rehoused1239623rehoused
reoiled84316853re_oiled
repolled11359623repolled
repoured1139563repoured
rerolled93010063rerolled
rerouted9311153rerouted
resoled84119283reso_led
retooled938473retooled
souled75419823__souled
unfoiled12249723unfoiled

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit1461621247.53319402.9
3Display Results1241240.0462695.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911247.99922339.2
 
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