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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 “besom” 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.

44 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
besom9571697(None) 
besoms105712731besoms
besot76429711besot
bosom95516921bosom
beam86939232be_am
bebop11410792bebop
become123312592become
bedim10313832bedim
befog1159012befog
begot84625952begot
begum105213922begum
belon73924112belon
below104617192below
berm86732752be_rm
bes56557432bes__
beseem1069082beseem
beses75830722beses
beset76739132beset
besnow1145712besnow
besots86415452besots
best66355322bes_t
bestow1149462bestow
bests75932612bests
beton76022062beton
bevor101510812bevor
beworm1339982beworm
bison75716982bison
bloom95918972bloom
boom87435672b_oom
bosoms104913052bosoms
bosomy13509032bosomy
boson76019732boson
broom95022212broom
buxom1647152buxom
celom9515682celom
genom83716842genom
jetsom15126142jetsom
meson74118312meson
peso66925822peso_
pesos77221622pesos
resod64720052resod
resow88217242resow
som59153812__som
venom103914862venom

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit53800441.67032215.6
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691441.766101184.0
 
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