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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 “brandishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

45 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
brandishes164589(None) 
blandishes1644611blandishes
brandished1744001brandished
banishes131812462b_an_ishes
blandished1743332blandished
blandisher1643462blandisher
blandishers1743002blandishers
brandies11714562brandi__es
brandish1469022brandish__
radishes1269462_ra_dishes
standishes1445712standishes
bandies104124863b_andi__es
banished14189063b_an_ished
banisher13169183b_an_isher
banishers14258053b_an_ishers
batfishes1746583b_atfishes
blandish1497003blandish__
blindfishes2052583blindfishes
boarfishes1844973boarfishes
brainwashes1951953brainwashes
braises93818873bra__is_es
branches153613803bran__ches
brandied1259113brandi__ed
brandings13277483brandi_ngs
brandishing1853363brandishing
brashes124518463bra___shes
burnishes1436643burn_ishes
crawfishes2143593crawfishes
crayfishes2143403crayfishes
danishes121710493_dan_ishes
evanishes1545603evan_ishes
garnishes13198813garn_ishes
grandsires1245043grandsires
grayfishes2043633grayfishes
kaddishes1844093_kaddishes
panfishes1737593_panfishes
planishes14138523plan_ishes
randies84225663_randi__es
ratfishes1546103_ratfishes
ravishes1478043_ra_vishes
sandfishes1745543_sandfishes
tarnishes12188893tarn_ishes
tundishes1344543_tundishes
vanishes141610753_van_ishes
varnishes15207913varn_ishes

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603455.93623686.5
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691456.38927968.5
 
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