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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 “begins” 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.

82 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
begins9441530(None) 
begin85117351begin_
aegis6316782aegi_s
algins74816432algins
basins85722762basins
beans75734692be_ans
bedims1149592bedims
beduins1039122beduins
befits114711502befits
began86319572began_
begets96215522begets
begging123012652begging
begird1036822begird
begirds1134882begirds
begirt9412682begirt
begone9512132begone
begrims1276762begrims
begs75733832beg__s
beguine1068502beguine
beguines11127212beguines
begums11429492begums
begun85113442begun_
behind1238062behind
behinds1335282behinds
beiges91014412beiges
beigne9148612beigne
beignes10149242beignes
being84920502be_ing
beings94613032be_ings
bekiss1236372bekiss
belies84631052belies
belons84119412belons
bennis84314802bennis
bens65945702be__ns
benzins1838692benzins
berlins93216012berlins
betons84919552betons
bevies114017302bevies
bewigs1246532bewigs
bezils1711310602bezils
biggins113410692biggins
bins66548252b__ins
blains84516372blains
bogans95714812bogans
bogies94724312bogies
brains85125472brains
brins75533972b_rins
bruins86014952bruins
burins84221892burins
deigns8389982deigns
egis56520652_egi_s
fagins10513862fagins
feigns10407752feigns
gins55543952__gins
hemins113417572hemins
leggins9259472leggins
legions84611782legions
legits71313002legits
levins94514652levins
logins77820642logins
peins76128062pe_ins
pekins121812232pekins
reagins84215642reagins
rebegins1136002rebegins
regains84316582regains
regina75317142regina
reginas85614062reginas
regions83613472regions
regius7311922regius
reigns74811752reigns
reins56234562re_ins
renins64526452renins
repins84924312repins
resins64528772resins
rewins95020822rewins
serins64029672serins
vegans103910852vegans
vegies104314272vegies
veins84620492ve_ins
venins93816702venins
yogins105114102yogins
zeins144715392ze_ins

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551822.47033421.5
3Display Results82820.0302733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691822.84362853.0
 
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