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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 “brain” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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163 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
brain7622938(None) 
blain75421791blain
braid85822261braid
brail75525551brail
brains85125471brains
brainy114815641brainy
bran65740381bra_n
brawn106018561brawn
brin67038191br_in
bruin75818331bruin
drain65222891drain
grain65126251grain
rain46251731_rain
train56529111train
again65218122again
ain37579092__ain
amain74922912amain
baaing94916162baaing
bail65042802b_ail
bairn77515532b_airn
bait66556002b_ait
ban58366842b_a_n
bani65334962b_ani
bargain1079062bargain
baric96125692baric
baring95135852baring
barn66444642b_arn
baron78131242baron
basin75026922basin
bean66443862bea_n
begin85117352begin
berlin83116372berlin
bin56658642b__in
blains84516372blains
blawn106813702blawn
blin67228172b_lin
bra56339462bra__
brace95629272brace
brach126123302brach
bracing123817612bracing
bract96332722bract
brad75234342bra_d
brads85528292brads
brae65639112bra_e
braes75735052braes
brag75229722bra_g
brags85625102brags
braids95015692braids
brails84621292brails
brained103816102brained
braise84318752braise
braize174113112braize
brake116025342brake
braking143917712braking
braky145015812braky
brand85124492brand
brank115222282brank
branny115111832branny
brans75437432brans
brant74742172brant
bras65746452bra_s
brash106221562brash
brasil8713862brasil
brass75428022brass
brat66055542bra_t
brats75336012brats
brava106414792brava
brave104925502brave
bravi104715752bravi
braving133714612braving
bravo105214342bravo
braw94829562bra_w
brawl106217962brawl
brawns115614082brawns
brawny144710602brawny
braws106425192braws
braxy175410892braxy
bray95232902bra_y
braying134416312braying
brays106723112brays
braza165214252braza
braze165423452braze
brazen174812452brazen
brazil1779622brazil
brazing193715112brazing
bren65629562br_en
briar75718152briar
brie65837902br_ie
brig76528032br_ig
brim85629372br_im
brine75132272br_ine
bring85528502br_ing
brink116122002br_ink
brins75533972br_ins
briny104719662br_iny
brio65432492br_io
bris65539612br_is
brit66350152br_it
broil74918222broil
bromin102615692bromin
brown105619532brown
brucin1049132brucin
bruins86014952bruins
bruit76126722bruit
buran75225302bura_n
burin75626062burin
cain65643912_cain
chain105723672chain
drail65020972drail
drains73719402drains
drawn95614242drawn
elain55324702elain
fain75840562_fain
frail85220212frail
gain56042162_gain
gradin83517482gradin
grail64622872grail
grains74223092grains
grainy103914212grainy
gran56335012gra_n
gratin74520582gratin
grin55733722gr_in
groin65521082groin
kain85334292_kain
krait94726772krait
lain46146282_lain
main65345522_main
obtain839182obtain
orcin72716572orcin
ordain7810402ordain
orpin73415532orpin
pain65647242_pain
plain74823302plain
prawn105312432prawn
rai37658222_rai_
raia46638382_raia
raid55243072_raid
rail46147762_rail
rains55140232_rains
rainy85921082_rainy
rais45252622_rais
ran38266622_ra_n
rani46640112_rani
ravin85624652_ravin
rawin85521472_rawin
rein46040892_rein
rin36663182_r_in
ruin47430512_ruin
sain45551292_sain
sarin55239252sarin
slain54923572slain
sprain83614862sprain
stain55727942stain
strain64919572strain
swain84919052swain
tain45548072_tain
traik95418202traik
trail55126772trail
trains64725342trains
trait56940842trait
twain86313622twain
vain75233002_vain
wain75840202_wain

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit538001631.40638264.6
3Display Results1631630.0463543.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911631.545115657.6
 
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