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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 “belaying” 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.

58 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
belaying14311060(None) 
beladying1634761beladying
bellying14359071bellying
belying133612441bel_ying
delaying133210971delaying
relaying122515151relaying
allaying12339312allaying
baying125222582b__aying
beading113221862be_ading
beaming123618802be_aming
beaning103820682be_aning
bearing103624772be_aring
beating104326872be_ating
begazing2136632begazing
behaving1735452behaving
belauding1335462belauding
belching16349152belching
beleaping1436742beleaping
belling103825072bel_ling
belting104119132bel_ting
benaming1339692benaming
bendaying1634952bendaying
beraking153612972beraking
berating113220762berating
berrying14137382berrying
betaking153010152betaking
betraying1537712betraying
bewaring14279492bewaring
bewraying1834872bewraying
blading113615362b_lading
blaming123515692b_laming
blaring104317112b_laring
blawing134012752b_lawing
blazing193612392b_lazing
blearing113111942blearing
bleating113514502bleating
braying134416312b_raying
bullying14329292bullying
claying133614302_claying
decaying15239452decaying
delating103119602delating
elating83423082_elating
flaying143914462_flaying
gelating103015732gelating
inlaying1247892inlaying
jellying19306172jellying
laying104525702__laying
playing133816092_playing
relacing112516042relacing
relating92725442relating
relaxing162612632relaxing
relying112914612rel_ying
repaying142712392repaying
replaying15259602replaying
resaying122512452resaying
slaying113316842_slaying
splaying14219302splaying
unlaying1258362unlaying

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059583.45335059.1
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691583.85646341.0
 
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