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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 “drain” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

128 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
drain6522289(None) 
brain76229381brain
drail65020971drail
drains73719401drains
drawn95614241drawn
grain65126251grain
rain46251731_rain
train56529111train
again65218122again
ain37579102__ain
amain74922912amain
blain75421792blain
braid85822262braid
brail75525552brail
brains85125472brains
brainy114815642brainy
bran65740382bra_n
brawn106018562brawn
brin67038192br_in
bruin75818332bruin
cain65643912_cain
chain105723672chain
dais57040702d_ais
damn75724322d_amn
dan46859672d_a_n
daric85623122daric
daring84928682daring
darn56434622d_arn
dawn85624202d_awn
deair65817192deair
dean56039482dea_n
deraign936572deraign
derail74218812derail
detain74617382detain
detrain8412252detrain
diamin9312522diamin
diazin1639162diazin
din46459472d__in
djin12911632d_jin
domain9511322domain
dormin9312312dormin
drab76226452dra_b
drabs85119672drabs
draff125615662draff
draft95526682draft
drag64825052dra_g
dragon838842dragon
drags75521112drags
drails74716952drails
drained93713252drained
drainer83012842drainer
drake104918302drake
dram75832002dra_m
drama85117422drama
drams86025832drams
drank104816202drank
drape85319632drape
draping114213352draping
drat56247832dra_t
drats66628372drats
drave95219272drave
draw85623012dra_w
drawing123812052drawing
drawl95516012drawl
draws95119372draws
dray85428092dra_y
draying123813842draying
drays95819772drays
drib76823262dr_ib
drink106816382dr_ink
drip76223952dr_ip
droid74218542droid
droit65127122droit
drown95515822drown
druid74111322druid
drying113411602drying
durian7312002durian
elain55324702elain
fain75840562_fain
frail85220212frail
gain56042162_gain
gradin83517482gradin
grail64622872grail
grains74223092grains
grainy103914212grainy
gran56335012gra_n
gratin74520582gratin
grin55733722gr_in
groin65521082groin
kain85334302_kain
krait94726772krait
lain46146282_lain
main65345522_main
orcin72716572orcin
ordain7810402ordain
orpin73415532orpin
pain65647242_pain
plain74823302plain
prawn105312432prawn
rai37658222_rai_
raia46638382_raia
raid55243082_raid
rail46147762_rail
rains55140232_rains
rainy85921082_rainy
rais45252622_rais
ran38266622_ra_n
rani46640112_rani
ravin85624652_ravin
rawin85521472_rawin
rein46040892_rein
rin36663192_r_in
ruin47430512_ruin
sain45551292_sain
sarin55239252sarin
slain54923572slain
sprain83614862sprain
stain55727942stain
strain64919572strain
swain84919052swain
tain45548072_tain
traik95418202traik
trail55126772trail
trains64725342trains
trait56940842trait
twain86313622twain
vain75233002_vain
wain75840202_wain

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001281.62633087.3
3Display Results1281280.0333878.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911281.96990752.2
 
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