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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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95 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
brief10542260(None) 
brie65837901brie_
briefs115510071briefs
brier74527401brier
bries74942151bries
grief95319781grief
ariel55228972ariel
beef96233682b_eef
belief115018602belief
bier65531832b_ier
biff125026892b_iff
brae65639112brae_
braes75735052braes
bred75130972br_ed
bree67241262br_ee
breed85526692breed
brees75632552brees
bren65629562br_en
brew95023562br_ew
briar75718152briar
bribe94820782bribe
bribed115312842bribed
bribee104316362bribee
briber104714052briber
bribes105918532bribes
brick134618152brick
bride86425532bride
brides94423512brides
briefed1335742briefed
briefer1235562briefer
briefly1534572briefly
briers85319732briers
briery114510772briery
brig76528032bri_g
brigs85823222brigs
brill74819952brill
brim85629372bri_m
brims94721622brims
brin67038192bri_n
brine75132272brine
brined95118412brined
briner84519042briner
brines85028852brines
bring85528502bring
brink116122002brink
brins75533972brins
briny104719662briny
brio65432492bri_o
brios74725722brios
bris65539612bri_s
brises84927612brises
brisk115615982brisk
briss75824272briss
brit66350152bri_t
brith104924372brith
brits76433082brits
britt75732232britt
buried94822372buried
burier84324652burier
buries84633272buries
chief134419482chief
cried84624292cried
crier74724462crier
cries75438402cries
debrief1337622debrief
dried75321382dried
drier64423962drier
dries64733672dries
fief107331362_fief
fried95322912fried
frier85225842frier
fries85535602fries
griefs10418722griefs
griff124416462griff
kief117128412_kief
lief76036992_lief
oriel54920422oriel
pried84426862pried
prier75027762prier
pries74339532pries
reef74938212_reef
ref66053292_r_ef
reif76937652_reif
riel46432382_riel
rif65951562_ri_f
rife74632322_rife
riff104430102_riff
thief114516302thief
tref77030992tr_ef
tried65026912tried
trier54328532trier
tries55742812tries
wried95518562wried
wrier84521752wrier
wries85827742wries

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800951.76630464.3
3Display Results95950.0137307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691952.07586116.1
 
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