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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 “brawly” 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.

57 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
brawly14431235(None) 
brawl106217961brawl_
brawls115214331brawls
brawny144710601brawny
crawly144610761crawly
drawly134910721drawly
rawly115115831_rawly
badly114918762b_adly
bally105530102b_ally
barely114716792barely
barfly14339652barfly
bawdy147513282b_awdy
bawl95326062b_awl_
bawls105719322b_awls
bawty135614102b_awty
bialy105119322bia_ly
braggy13337172braggy
brail75525552brail_
brails84621292brails
brainy114815642brainy
braky145015812bra_ky
brambly16296252brambly
brandy124712062brandy
branny115111832branny
brashly15427612brashly
brashy145210592brashy
brassy11509232brassy
bratty1159682bratty
bravely15428232bravely
braw94829562braw__
brawer114216332brawer
brawled133910122brawled
brawler124310232brawler
brawlie12198152brawlie
brawn106018562braw_n
brawnily1644082brawnily
brawns115614082brawns
braws106425192braw_s
braxy175410892bra_xy
bray95232902bra__y
broadly1337152broadly
brolly114510852brolly
browny144510042browny
crawl104916712crawl_
crawls114712082crawls
drably123511612drably
drawl95516012drawl_
drawls105511392drawls
grayly13287962grayly
growly13499172growly
orally93113592orally
rally84725902_rally
scrawly15197192scrawly
sprawly15166042sprawly
trawl84915872trawl_
trawley13317302trawley
trawls94412392trawls

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551572.28336159.0
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691572.66966950.5
 
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