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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbriefing” 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.

20 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
briefing143694(None) 
briefings1543731briefings
beefing133911472b_eefing
biffing163510012b_iffing
breeding123411842breeding
breezing20368132breezing
brewing133411152br_ewing
bribing123111042bri_bing
bricking173911402bricking
bridging13288442bridging
bridling122610582bridling
brimming15196622brimming
bringing123011272bringing
brining103216472bri_ning
brisking15329472brisking
brisling112410842brisling
debriefing1742112debriefing
grieving1385892grieving
reefing114016862_reefing
riffing144011272_riffing

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059208.32614539.9
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691208.77820356.7