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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 “brawns” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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87 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
brawns11561408(None) 
brains85125471brains
brans75437431bra_ns
brawls115214331brawls
brawn106018561brawn_
brawny144710601brawny
braws106425191braw_s
browns116415631browns
prawns11509021prawns
awns75324432__awns
banns75321232b_anns
bans66555142b_a_ns
barns76335142b_arns
barons85025382barons
bawds116115492b_awds
bawls105719322b_awls
beans75734692bea_ns
blains84516372blains
blawn106813702blawn_
blaws105620462blaw_s
braces108427772braces
brachs134415752brachs
bracts105617772bracts
brads85528292bra_ds
braes75735052bra_es
brags85625102bra_gs
braids95015692braids
brails84621292brails
brain76229382brain_
brainy114815642brainy
brakes124923122brakes
bran65740382bra_n_
brand85124492bra_nd
brands95118942brands
brank115222282bra_nk
branks124817382branks
branny115111832branny
brant74742172bra_nt
brants85723052brants
bras65746452bra__s
brass75428022bra_ss
brats75336012bra_ts
bravas114913322bravas
braves115524082braves
bravos114711392bravos
braw94829562braw__
brawer114216332brawer
brawest123810482brawest
brawl106217962braw_l
brawly144312352brawly
brays106723112bra_ys
brazas175812432brazas
brazens18418712brazens
brazes175522192brazes
brens75823362br_ens
brewis11469982brewis
brews105617072brew_s
brins75533972br_ins
brown105619532brown_
browny144510042browny
brows105425982brow_s
bruins86014952bruins
burans85019302bura_ns
crawls114712082crawls
craws105723122craw_s
crowns115615112crowns
dawns95916592_dawns
drains73719402drains
drawls105511392drawls
drawn95614242drawn_
draws95119372draw_s
drowns105612332drowns
fawns115914262_fawns
frowns126011392frowns
grains74223092grains
grans64832542gra_ns
lawns85215422_lawns
pawns108818132_pawns
prawn105312432prawn_
rains55140232_rains
rawins95617622_rawins
raws75238212_raw_s
spawns11577922spawns
trains64725342trains
trans54933042tra_ns
trawls94412392trawls
yawns114213272_yawns

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551872.68630733.8
3Display Results87870.0332636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691873.06258357.6
 
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