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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 “brainwashers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

26 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
brainwashers205160(None) 
brainwasher1951671brainwasher_
brainwashes1951951brainwashe_s
brainwashed2051352brainwashe_d
rainwashes1642762_rainwashe_s
braincases1444003braincas_e_s
brainteasers1451413brainteas_ers
brainwash1742663brainwash___
brainwashing2151523brainwashing
brainwashings226873brainwashings
rainwashed1751873_rainwashe_d
rainwaters1343723_rainwa_ters
backlashers22123634b_acklashers
backwashes24104674b_ackwashe_s
banishers14258054b_a_n_ishers
blandishers1743004bla_ndishers
braincase1343684braincas_e__
brainpowers1851584brain_powers
brainstems1441934brain__stems
brainteaser1351704brainteas_er_
brandishes1645894bra_ndishe_s
greenwashes1852434greenwashe_s
rainmakers1644064_rainma_kers
rainwash1443064_rainwash___
rainwashing1852264_rainwashing
rainwater1244574_rainwa_ter_

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790267.59616428.4
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.99922339.2
 
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