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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 “browbeats” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
browbeats164289(None) 
browbeat1544881browbeat_
browbeaten1751302browbeaten
rowboats1384842_rowboats
backbeats1945763backbeats
bluebeats1343473bluebeats
bobcats1335993b_o_bcats
bogbeans1343453b_ogbeans
bowheads1745373b_owheads
broadbeans1552373broadbeans
brockets16328123brocke_ts
browband1643883browb_and
browbands1743403browbands
browbeating1952363browbeating
browless1346653browle_ss
brownest1398893brownest_
brownouts1443113brownouts
browsers13449203browse_rs
browses124712693browse__s
crowbars1544443crowb_ars
crownets13407673crowne_ts
downbeats1543193_downbeats
drumbeats1442323drumbeats
grosbeaks1642083grosbeaks
hoofbeats1742503hoofbeats
rowboat1267983_rowboat_
showboats1743773showboats
snowbelts14112763snowbelts
towboats1395333_towboats

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641297.95318689.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.39221293.0
 
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