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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 “brainwashing” 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.

22 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
brainwashing215152(None) 
brainwashings226871brainwashings
rainwashing1852261_rainwashing
backwashing2653093b_ackwashing
brainwash1742663brainwash___
brainwashed2051353brainwash_ed
brainwasher1951673brainwash_er
brainwashers2051603brainwashers
brainwashes1951953brainwash_es
brandishing1853363bra_ndishing
backlashing2353434b_acklashing
banishing1537144b_a_n_ishing
blandishing1852904bla_ndishing
braining113414684brain____ing
braising113014564brai___s_ing
branching17289264bra_n__ching
prewashing1944944pr__ewashing
rainmaking1743974_rainma_king
rainwash1443064_rainwash___
rainwashed1751874_rainwash_ed
rainwashes1642764_rainwash_es
rewashing1676904_r__ewashing

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790227.37616918.4
3Display Results22220.0131692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691227.77922970.9
 
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