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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 “broods” 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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85 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
broods9541638(None) 
bloods94614841bloods
broads94515151broads
brood84620241brood_
broody124510081broody
brooks125813881brooks
brooms104915871brooms
broos75126411broo_s
roods65125281_roods
aroids75118222aroids
bhoots11459912bhoots
bipods11408592bipods
blonds95213342blonds
blood85319522blood_
bloody124710172bloody
blooms104613172blooms
bloops106611342bloops
bods76244712b__ods
bolds85825282b_olds
bonds86126842b_onds
boobs96221992b_oobs
boody115420402b_oody
books115729712b_ooks
booms95427122b_ooms
boons75031912b_oons
boors74325012b_oors
boos67955032b_oo_s
boots75837972b_oots
borons85520542borons
brads85528292br_ads
braids95015692braids
brands95118942brands
breads95419202breads
breeds94914882breeds
brios74725722brio_s
broad84817692broad_
brocks145214152brocks
broils84114172broils
bromes104719762bromes
bromids12278602bromids
bromos104213312bromos
broncs101611152broncs
broo65129822broo__
brooch13368442brooch
brooded113510932brooded
brooder103811622brooder
brooders112610242brooders
brook114717762broo_k
broom95022212broo_m
broomy13449952broomy
bros65635662br_o_s
broses86524402broses
broths115013922broths
browns116415632browns
brows105425982br_ows
byroads1335292byroads
crooks124914412crooks
croons85418422croons
crowds124910762crowds
droids84712582droids
drools74412812drools
droops95110962droops
floods104511652floods
foods95924162_foods
fronds106412342fronds
goods75124482_goods
grooms94512522grooms
hoods95124082_hoods
kroons103711242kroons
moods85224622_moods
poods85124752_poods
prods85523552pr_ods
proofs114511682proofs
roads66523622_roads
rods56442062_r_ods
rood56733002_rood_
roofs85321152_roofs
rooks95325042_rooks
rooms75324682_rooms
roots55933672_roots
snoods74312452snoods
troops85712782troops
uropods1035872uropods
vrooms11398712vrooms
woods95723032_woods

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit82551852.53032628.9
3Display Results85850.0165312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691852.93960799.9
 
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