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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 “bradawls” 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.

44 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
bradawls144367(None) 
bradawl1344361bradawl_
brawls115214332br__awls
bridals1038622brida_ls
abradable1495063abradable
abradants1243893abradants
baals76122703b_a_a_ls
badass949293b_ada_ss
bawls105719323b___awls
becrawls1543623becrawls
bharals1236733bhara_ls
bradoons1136763bradoons
brads85528293brad___s
brails84621293br__ails
brantails1146313brantails
brasils9410973bra_sils
bravados1443223bravados
bravas114913323brava__s
brawl106217963br__awl_
brawly144312353br__awly
brawns115614083br__awns
braws106425193br__aw_s
brazas175812433braza__s
brazils1867753bra_zils
bridal9511453brida_l_
bridally1446453bridally
broadaxes1943733broadaxes
broadtails1353333broadtails
bromals1139743broma_ls
craals84113303cra_a_ls
crawls114712083cr__awls
drawls105511393dr__awls
graals74112913gra_a_ls
gradable1238823gradable
gradates10510783gradates
graduals1046203graduals
kraals10378433kra_a_ls
predawns1444363predawns
radars71314673_rada_rs
radials83614643_radials
ratals64219583_rata_ls
tradable1139873tradable
travails1146083travails
trawls94412393tr__awls

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162446.83021400.0
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691447.26324602.9
 
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