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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 “brewer” 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.

69 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
brewer11481255(None) 
brawer114216331brawer
brewed125411871brewed
brewers123811061brewers
brewery15376961brewery
beeper103714092beeper
beer65635992b_e_er
beezer174010522beezer
blower115316572blower
bower107328182b_ower
bracer104620582bracer
braver114719042braver
brawler124310232brawler
brayer115315312brayer
brazer174917532brazer
breaker133912922breaker
brede85520502brede_
bredes94818472bredes
bree67241262bre_e_
breed85526692bre_ed
breeder103210042breeder
brees75632552bre_es
breve105317052breve_
breves115516422breves
brevet115717332brevet
brevier1237762brevier
brew95023562brew__
brewis11469982brewis
brews105617072brew_s
briber104714052briber
briefer1235562briefer
brier74527402br_ier
briner84519042briner
broker124314242broker
browed125216392browed
browner124911642browner
browser124911142browser
chewer145512622chewer
crewed125316562crewed
crewel114310482crewel
crower114117562crower
drawer104711362drawer
ewer77523982__ewer
fewer115216122_fewer
freer86021242fre_er
greyer104510092greyer
grower104614932grower
hewer115719932_hewer
krewe1238192krewe_
krewes1337922krewes
newer85717462_newer
prefer113813202prefer
prewar114712582prewar
preyer114413732preyer
prower114218122prower
rawer84623732_rawer
refer84822142_refer
rewear93012002_rewear
rewed95425452_rewed
rewet85135152_rewet
rower85430492_rower
screwer124410072screwer
sewer84426222_sewer
shewer124515112shewer
skewer13519612skewer
spewer115112152spewer
strewer104310412strewer
ureter6313202ureter
viewer1237212viewer

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit82551693.65622579.6
3Display Results69690.0164312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691694.10843498.3
 
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