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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 “browbands” 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.

34 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
browbands174340(None) 
browband1643881browband_
broadbands1652912broadbands
probands13228392pro_bands
robands10219862_ro_bands
armbands1355143ar_mbands
blowbacks2243673blowbacks
blowballs1643583blowballs
blowhards1843273blowhards
bombards1536493b_ombards
brands95118943br___ands
brigands1245623br_igands
broadband1543023broadband_
broads94515153bro__a_ds
brogans1049663bro_gan_s
browbeats1642893browbeats
browns116415633brow__n_s
cowbanes1537423_cowbanes
cowbinds1634453_cowbinds
cowhands1765263_cowhands
croplands1445373croplands
crowbars1544443crowba_rs
drownds12346153drow__nds
lowlands1244373_lowlands
plowlands1542583plowlands
proband122710243pro_band_
probangs13256213pro_bangs
ribands10208393_r_ibands
ribbands1344563_ribbands
roband92310723_ro_band_
rowans95715343_row_an_s
snowbanks1842943snowbanks
snowlands1343573snowlands
trolands936423tro_lands

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641346.68622231.7
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691347.12225090.0
 
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