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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 “browse” 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.

65 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
browse11571385(None) 
bowse105420631b_owse
brose75227031bro_se
brows105425981brows_
browsed134511231browsed
browser124911141browser
browses124712691browses
drowse105010551drowse
arose55832082aro_se
arouse65019982arouse
blouse84714722blouse
blows105423832blows_
blowsed13449022blowsed
blowsy14579452blowsy
bouse75931852b_ouse
bows96242862b_ows_
bowsed125715972b_owsed
bowses115718862b_owses
braise84318752braise
braws106425192braws_
brews105617072brews_
broche133612102broche
brogue94211032brogue
broke116019782bro_ke
brome94421972bro_me
bromes104719762bromes
bronze173610922bronze
broos75126412broos_
bros65635662bro_s_
broses86524402bro_ses
brosy106115382bro_sy
brow97228442brow__
browed125216392browed
brown105619532brow_n
browned134710972browned
browner124911642browner
brownie12178432brownie
browns116415632browns
browny144510042browny
browsers13449202browsers
bruise83412872bruise
chowse144711752chowse
crosse85216302crosse
crouse84619362crouse
crows105727312crows_
dowse96020812_dowse
drowsed12448742drowsed
drowses114610232drowses
drowsy13487902drowsy
erose55727272ero_se
frows116623102frows_
frowst125512072frowst
frowsy15498272frowsy
grouse74315022grouse
grows95523922grows_
lowse87219902_lowse
owse76321622__owse
prose75835122pro_se
prows106327012prows_
roose56127092_roose
rose46148902_ro_se
rouse56634702_rouse
rows75941752_rows_
trows88826182trows_
vrows116115262vrows_

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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551652.61031628.7
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691652.73265406.7
 
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