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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 “bream” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

107 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
bream9512181(None) 
beam86939231b_eam
bread85523111bread
break115319401break
breams104815041breams
cream95721351cream
dream85120391dream
ream65841611_ream
abeam9316532abeam
area45843392area_
areae55229742areae
areal55928732areal
areas55935772areas
bam78560142b__am
bead75937922b_ead
beak106534382b_eak
beams95328172b_eams
beamy126218572b_eamy
bean66443862b_ean
bear66844642b_ear
beat66168302b_eat
beau66137272b_eau
bema85825252b_ema
berm86732752b_erm
blam86131702b_lam
bleak115915382bleak
blear75918682blear
bleat75737002bleat
boreal84817212boreal
boreas85421732boreas
bra56339462br_a_
brad75234342br_ad
brae65639112br_ae
braes75735052braes
brag75229722br_ag
bran65740382br_an
bras65746452br_as
brat66055542br_at
braw94829562br_aw
bray95232902br_ay
breach134213722breach
breads95419202breads
bready124511182bready
breaks124816422breaks
breamed124011592breamed
breast8319632breast
breath113916262breath
brecham1646832brecham
bred75130972bre_d
brede85520502brede
bree67241262bre_e
breed85526692breed
brees75632552brees
bregma1134962bregma
bren65629562bre_n
brens75823362brens
brent75734132brent
breve105317052breve
brew95023562bre_w
brews105617072brews
briar75718152briar
brim85629372br_im
broad84817692broad
broom95022212broom
bureau8712522bureau
cram85635492cr_am
creak115418432creak
creams104715252creams
creamy134811362creamy
dram75832002dr_am
dread74419022dread
dreams94513982dreams
dreamt94615712dreamt
dreamy12509992dreamy
drear65016902drear
fleam106017282fleam
freak125115242freak
gleam86916732gleam
gram77034582gr_am
great66034242great
oread64619602oread
praam94815612praam
pram85733492pr_am
preamp1238992preamp
prearm104512352prearm
ram56867272_r_am
read55942532_read
real45750292_real
realm75621622_realm
reams75729622_reams
reap65934742_reap
rear45644552_rear
rearm75923572_rearm
rem56150042_re_m
roam67132412_roam
scream104814252scream
seam66645972_seam
steam76322932steam
stream84717292stream
team66238652_team
tram67034552tr_am
tread64821702tread
treat56240352treat
urea46528062urea_
ureal56722682ureal
ureas55826012ureas
wreak125513272wreak

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 Filter178691538000.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit538001073.25016553.8
3Display Results1071070.0462326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911073.90645747.8
 
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