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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 “browless” 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.

27 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
browless134665(None) 
bowless123310311b_owless
arrowless1242812arrowless
blotless10347152blotless
boonless10328352boonless
bootless103410982bootless
bowlegs13366822b_owlegs
bowlers123715782b_owlers
braless92910562br_aless
brawlers13408642brawlers
brimless1235272brimless
broilers103210092broilers
broodless1235032broodless
brownest1398892brownest
brownness1444342brownness
browsers13449202browsers
browses124712692browse_s
crewless1335412crewless
cropless1237792cropless
crownless1443422crownless
growlers12327092growlers
prowess1237902prow_ess
prowlers13328932prowlers
rodless8310072_rodless
snowless1145632snowless
thowless1434612thowless
vowless13246602_vowless

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.843211970.3
2DLD Change Limit121059274.86024909.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.71931245.1
 
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