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

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

67 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
brandy12471206(None) 
bandy114824191b_andy
brand85124491brand_
brands95118941brands
branny115111831branny
randy95022081_randy
baddy125016022b_addy
baldy115518932b_aldy
band76740922b_and_
banda85223112b_anda
bands85233432b_ands
banty106624002b_anty
barney115314452barney
barny105821732barn_y
bawdy147513282b_awdy
beady114719922bea_dy
bendy115017252b_endy
bland85320452bland_
blandly1336042blandly
brad75234342bra_d_
brads85528292bra_ds
braggy13337172braggy
braid85822262braid_
braids95015692braids
brainy114815642brainy
braky145015812bra_ky
bran65740382bran__
branch134014782branch
branchy17357912branchy
branded114414102branded
brander103915822brander
brank115222282bran_k
branks124817382branks
brans75437432bran_s
brant74742172bran_t
brants85723052brants
brashy145210592brashy
brassy11509232brassy
bratty1159682bratty
brawly144312352brawly
brawny144710602brawny
braxy175410892bra_xy
bray95232902bra__y
bready124511182bready
briny104719662brin_y
bronzy20306712bronzy
broody124510082broody
candy115119822_candy
cranky153910632cranky
cranny114210272cranny
dandy104416702_dandy
grand75122692grand_
grandly1238742grandly
grands84218242grands
granny104311162granny
handy125520872_handy
orangy105111232orangy
organdy1254572organdy
pandy115021172_pandy
rand55839572_rand_
rands65930452_rands
rangy95320392_rangy
rindy95717402_rindy
sandy94221132_sandy
shandy134710032shandy
tranny94210862tranny
trendy10469602trendy

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit82551672.59331836.1
3Display Results67670.0164187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691673.03258935.0
 
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