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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 “braids” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

118 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
braids9501569(None) 
brads85528291bra_ds
braid85822261braid_
brails84621291brails
brains85125471brains
brands95118941brands
raids65827521_raids
aids57846372__aids
aramids102810512aramids
aroids75118222aroids
bads77048872b_a_ds
bails75933522b_ails
baits76630582b_aits
balds85524642b_alds
bands85233432b_ands
bards87139642b_ards
barmaids1345942barmaids
bauds85821042b_auds
bawds116115492b_awds
beads85429502bea_ds
beards94116672beards
bids75838462b__ids
blains84516372blains
boards94616932boards
bovids1287972bovids
braces108427772braces
brachs134415752brachs
bracts105617772bracts
brad75234342bra_d_
braes75735052bra_es
brags85625102bra_gs
braided114013212braided
braider105112992braider
braiders114110572braiders
brail75525552brai_l
brain76229382brai_n
brainy114815642brainy
braise84318752braise
braises93818872braises
braize174113112braize
braizes183112452braizes
brakes124923122brakes
brand85124492brand_
brandy124712062brandy
branks124817382branks
brans75437432bra_ns
brants85723052brants
bras65746452bra__s
brasils9410972brasils
brass75428022bra_ss
brats75336022bra_ts
bravas114913332bravas
braves115524082braves
bravos114711402bravos
brawls115214332brawls
brawns115614082brawns
braws106425192bra_ws
braxies16711462braxies
brays106723112bra_ys
brazas175812432brazas
brazes175522192brazes
brazils1867752brazils
breads95419212breads
breeds94914882breeds
briards10398562briards
briars84814832briars
bride86425542br_ide
brides94423512br_ides
bries74942152br_ies
brigs85823222br_igs
brims94721622br_ims
brins75533972br_ins
brios74725732br_ios
bris65539612br_i_s
briss75824272br_iss
brits76433092br_its
broads94515152broads
broils84114172broils
bromids12278602bromids
broods95416382broods
bruins86014952bruins
bruits85714462bruits
caids85226432_caids
drails74716952drails
drains73719402drains
droids84712582droids
druids8368092druids
frails93716472frails
frauds1036752frauds
grads75625752gra_ds
grails77518782grails
grains74223092grains
grands84218242grands
grids75321402gr_ids
irids66417782ir_ids
kraits104912202kraits
maids86327152_maids
plaids94312442plaids
qaids156116322_qaids
rads56046612_ra_ds
raias54631122_raias
raid55243082_raid_
rails55937402_rails
rains55140232_rains
rais45252622_rai_s
rands65930452_rands
ranids75118702_ranids
rapids94913892_rapids
rids56539562_r_ids
saids65328862_saids
traiks104013712traiks
trails64622512trails
trains64725342trains
traits65121982traits
triads74513532triads
unbraids1144962unbraids
upbraids1343552upbraids
ursids737822ursids

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit825511186.22013271.9
3Display Results1181180.123959.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911186.71926594.9
 
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