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

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52 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
briefnesses164494(None) 
briefness1444112briefne_s_s
brininesses1338982brininesses
brisknesses1745582brisknesses
rifenesses1339942_rifenesses
aliennesses1145863aliennesses
aridnesses1139933ari_dnesses
barenesses12311703bare_nesses
barrennesses1443433barrennesses
basenesses12310563base_nesses
beefinesses1675953b_eefinesses
biasnesses1236963b_iasnesses
bignesses1267963b_i_gnesses
blindnesses1446183blindnesses
bluenesses1237933blue_nesses
bluffnesses1942773bluffnesses
boringnesses15105023boringnesses
braininesses1446553braininesses
brashnesses1646553brashnesses
bravenesses1647953bravenesses
brazennesses2343283brazennesses
breezinesses2343943breezinesses
briefcases1752013brief_cases
briefless1443613briefle_s_s
brightnesses1844183brightnesses
broadnesses1446193broadnesses
brokennesses1843303brokennesses
brownnesses1664373brownnesses
crispnesses1545943crispnesses
cruelnesses1346253cruelnesses
direnesses11311483dire_nesses
drivennesses1643833drivennesses
freenesses1339873fr_eenesses
greennesses1247033greennesses
greynesses1446323gr_eynesses
griminesses14167553griminesses
grimnesses13106533gri_mnesses
gruffnesses1842923gruffnesses
priestesses13104273priestesses
primenesses1548993primenesses
primnesses1497803pri_mnesses
quietnesses2045603quietnesses
rednesses10312313_r_ednesses
richnesses1537803_richnesses
riminesses121211413_riminesses
ripenesses12310373_ripenesses
stiffnesses1743593stiffnesses
tirednesses1247743tirednesses
trignesses1188213tri_gnesses
trimnesses1287753tri_mnesses
tritenesses11710393tritenesses
truenesses1039313true_nesses

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121633525.34322764.9
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691525.51632395.0
 
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