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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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82 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
brained10381610(None) 
braided114013211braided
brailed103914011brailed
braised104014801braised
branned104311691branned
brined95118411br_ined
drained93713251drained
grained93814271grained
rained75024601_rained
trained84117201trained
bailed94726652b_ailed
baited95319242b_aited
baned85436352b_a_ned
banned94721342b_anned
bargained1344952bargained
barned95623582b_arned
basined10310002basined
beaned95621472bea_ned
braced115420602bra_ced
bracted12410932bracted
bradded12388712bradded
bragged12449842bragged
braid85822262brai__d
braider105112992braider
brailled1147192brailled
brain76229382brain__
brainier102510232brainier
brains85125472brain_s
brainy114815642brain_y
braise84318752braise_
braises93818872braises
braize174113112braize_
braizes183112452braizes
braked135318692bra_ked
brand85124492bra_n_d
branded114414102branded
branner94212372branner
brassed103612372brassed
braved124817442bra_ved
bravoed13436112bravoed
brawled133910122brawled
brayed124615782bra_yed
brazed184717082bra_zed
brazened20134902brazened
bribed115312842br_ibed
brinded115112052br_inded
brine75132272br_ine_
briner84519042br_iner
brines85028852br_ines
broiled103811422broiled
browned134710972browned
bruised10389502bruised
bruited104110352bruited
bylined1335852bylined
chained133812692chained
craned96121652cra_ned
drainer83012842drainer
ermined10410602ermined
gained84617462_gained
grainer83714062grainer
groined92710812groined
obtained1136532obtained
ordained1035182ordained
pained95622852_pained
plained103812232plained
praised104214812praised
prawned1346742prawned
raided85017702_raided
railed74727542_railed
raised76120332_raised
ravined115411822_ravined
reined74425522_reined
ruined74813322_ruined
sained75424242_sained
sprained1138432sprained
stained84215342stained
strained9412252strained
traiked123310452traiked
trailed83415672trailed
trainee72817792trainee
trainer73316792trainer
trined74920712tr_ined

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.670266703.0
2DLD Change Limit107671826.34316974.8
3Display Results82820.0461782.6
 (SQL Overall)178691827.05925313.9
 
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