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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
begazed203620(None) 
begaze1838331begaze_
begazes1937961begazes
beaded104922422be_aded
beaked135919492be_aked
beamed115720732be_amed
beaned95621472be_aned
begalled1236032begalled
beggared1334752beggared
begged115013812beg_ged
behaved16176682behaved
belaced124112152belaced
belated103520012belated
belayed133610082belayed
benamed122911092benamed
beraked144312432beraked
berated104422132berated
betaxed17307022betaxed
bewared13310112bewared
blazed184314712b_lazed
brazed184717082b_razed
deglazed2034952deglazed
feazed195112632fe_azed
gazed165520332__gazed
legated92513982legated
negated93413232negated
regaled93615962regaled
reglazed1935742reglazed
upgazed2033422upgazed

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671293.29632667.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.70248268.8
 
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