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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 “brownies” 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.

28 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
brownies1318961(None) 
brownie12178431brownie_
brownier13226911brownier
browniest14207121browniest
baronies10315022baro_nies
boonies93422482b_oonies
brawnier13216722brawnier
brawniest14197102brawniest
brinies93317912br_inies
brionies10310542brionies
brollies1039532brollies
bromines122514252bromines
bronzes183510402bro_nzes
brookies1459142brookies
browned134710972brown_ed
browner124911642brown_er
brownest1398892brown_est
browning14299642browning
brownish1645642brownish
brownness1444342brownness
browns116415632brown__s
browses124712692brow_ses
bryonies1336842bryonies
cronies9622502cro_nies
crowdies1437552crowdies
ironies7517422iro_nies
rowdies113112692_rowdies
townies103113622_townies

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059283.22037596.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.62649280.5
 
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