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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 “brawest” 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
brawest12381048(None) 
bravest124211751bravest
rawest93615061_rawest
barest85327692b_arest
basest84720492b_asest
braces108427772braces_
braes75735052bra_es_
braggest1296532braggest
brakes124923122brakes_
brakiest143912242brakiest
braless92910562braless
brashest133511762brashest
braves115524082braves_
brawer114216332brawe_r
brawliest14177192brawliest
brawls115214332brawls_
brawniest14197102brawniest
brawns115614082brawns_
braws106425192braw_s_
brazes175522192brazes_
broadest1138572broadest
brownest1398892brownest
gravest114011632gravest
grayest11489362grayest
iratest7312482iratest
prowest12311532prowest
rarest65725482_rarest

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671273.45331181.9
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.84246509.9
 
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