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

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94 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
belying13361244(None) 
belaying143110601belaying
belling103825071belling
bellying14359071bellying
belting104119131belting
relying112914611relying
allying113011662allying
babying1537962babying
balding114015062balding
baling94829692bal_ing
balking143717352balking
balling104424762balling
baying125222582b_aying
beading113221862beading
beaming123618802beaming
beaning103820682beaning
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
becking164416072becking
bedding124114482bedding
beefing133911472beefing
beeping124013912beeping
begging123012652begging
being84920502be__ing
beladying1634762beladying
belching16349152belching
bellings113811152bellings
belong93411042bel_ong
beltings11369252beltings
bending114420892bending
berming123614832berming
berrying14137382berrying
besting104923922besting
betting103921402betting
bielding12237472bielding
bilging114212682bilging
bilking144413552bilking
billing103823852billing
bluing94914482b_luing
bodying1438972bodying
bolling103820882bolling
bolting104416762bolting
braying134416312braying
bulging113514212bulging
bulking143815122bulking
bulling104324792bulling
bullying14329292bullying
buoying13379952buoying
burying133413912burying
busying134211992busying
buying124213832b_uying
celling103921262celling
defying15328822defying
delaying133210972delaying
deleing93313952deleing
delving123711572delving
denying123711292denying
eying96117922_e_ying
felling113321132felling
felting113515212felting
fleying14329872fleying
flying134612152_flying
gelding103911792gelding
gelling93219762gelling
gleying12318432gleying
helling114623222helling
helming133712002helming
helping133512222helping
helving144011132helving
inlying1168152inlying
jelling153516612jelling
jellying19306172jellying
kelping14319192kelping
keying1438042ke_ying
levying1435872levying
lying95717452__lying
melding113414272melding
melling102822632melling
melting103317752melting
obeying1336542obe_ying
pelting102917272pelting
plying124312082_plying
reflying15268172reflying
relaying122515152relaying
replying14269402replying
retying113213832retying
selfing112911622selfing
selling83225832selling
telling83321082telling
welding123213252welding
welling112920312welling
welting113615312welting
yelling113516702yelling
yelping13317872yelping

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit107671944.03026717.4
3Display Results94940.0462043.5
 (SQL Overall)178691944.85936775.3
 
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