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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbrainwashes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 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
brainwashes195195(None) 
brainwashed2051351brainwashed
brainwasher1951671brainwasher
brainwashers2051601brainwashers
rainwashes1642761_rainwashes
braincases1444002braincas_es
brainwash1742662brainwash__
rainwashed1751872_rainwashed
backwashes24104673b_ackwashes
braincase1343683braincas_e_
brainwashing2151523brainwashing
brainwashings226873brainwashings
brandishes1645893bra_ndishes
greenwashes1852433greenwashes
rainwash1443063_rainwash__

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633155.09323882.4
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691155.51532400.9