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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 “bravo” 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.

63 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
bravo10521434(None) 
brava106414791brava
brave104925501brave
bravi104715751bravi
bravos114711391bravos
arvo76023432ar_vo
avo68936232__avo
beano75421552beano
bra56339462bra__
brace95629272brace
brach126123302brach
bract96332722bract
brad75234342bra_d
brads85528292brads
brae65639112bra_e
braes75735052braes
brag75229722bra_g
brags85625102brags
braid85822262braid
brail75525552brail
brain76229382brain
brake116025342brake
braky145015812braky
bran65740382bra_n
brand85124492brand
brank115222282brank
brans75437432brans
brant74742172brant
bras65746452bra_s
brash106221562brash
brass75428022brass
brat66055542bra_t
brats75336012brats
bravado1343602bravado
bravas114913322bravas
braved124817442braved
braver114719042braver
braves115524082braves
bravoed13436112bravoed
bravoes12418532bravoes
braw94829562bra_w
brawl106217962brawl
brawn106018562brawn
braws106425192braws
braxy175410892braxy
bray95232902bra_y
brays106723112brays
braza165214252braza
braze165423452braze
breve105317052breve
brio65432492br_io
bro56236602br__o
bromo95217202bromo
broo65129822br_oo
crave105626312crave
drave95219272drave
grave94624872grave
gravy125512112gravy
parvo107719182parvo
prao66229022pra_o
rato45436972_rato
rave75542092_rave
trave85223032trave

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800631.58034050.6
3Display Results63630.0134846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691631.90693751.8
 
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