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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 “drained” 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.

66 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
drained9371325(None) 
brained103816101brained
drainer83012841drainer
grained93814271grained
rained75024601_rained
trained84117201trained
braided114013212braided
brailed103914012brailed
braised104014802braised
branned104311692branned
brined95118412br_ined
chained133812692chained
craned96121652cra_ned
damned104212912d_amned
darned85018482d_arned
dawned113912092d_awned
deaired9411532deaired
deaned84620452dea_ned
defined123813822defined
deraigned1244092deraigned
derailed102410402derailed
detained103111642detained
detrained1158912detrained
dined76431992d__ined
divined12329692divined
drabbed13428722drabbed
drafted12439032drafted
dragged11379562dragged
dragnet91211432dragnet
drain65222892drain__
drainers92811262drainers
drains73719402drain_s
drammed13378072drammed
draped105314362dra_ped
dratted9358592dratted
drawled12368342drawled
drayed115911392dra_yed
dried75321382dr_i_ed
droned84616862dr_oned
drowned12419902drowned
dwined114610212d_wined
ermined10410602ermined
gained84617462_gained
grainer83714062grainer
groined92710812groined
ordained1035182ordained
pained95622852_pained
plained103812232plained
praised104214812praised
prawned1346742prawned
raided85017702_raided
railed74727542_railed
raised76120332_raised
ravined115411822_ravined
reined74425522_reined
ruined74813322_ruined
sained75424242_sained
sprained1138432sprained
stained84215342stained
strained9412252strained
traiked123310452traiked
trailed83415672trailed
trainee72817792trainee
trainer73316792trainer
trined74920712tr_ined
undrained1138522undrained

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671662.93636672.7
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.34253468.3
 
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