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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 “brawl” 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.

105 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
brawl10621796(None) 
bawl95326061b_awl
brail75525551brail
braw94829561braw_
brawls115214331brawls
brawly144312351brawly
brawn106018561brawn
braws106425191braws
crawl104916711crawl
drawl95516011drawl
trawl84915871trawl
awl67635302__awl
baal67033112b_aal
bail65042802b_ail
bal56662722b_a_l
ball66043322b_all
bawd105520842b_awd
bawls105719322b_awls
becrawl1444582becrawl
blaw97026722blaw_
blawn106813702blawn
blaws105620462blaws
boral75831702bora_l
bowl96827702b_owl
bra56339462bra__
brace95629272brace
brach126123302brach
bract96332722bract
brad75234342bra_d
bradawl1344362bradawl
brads85528292brads
brae65639112bra_e
braes75735052braes
brag75229722bra_g
brags85625102brags
braid85822262braid
brails84621292brails
brain76229382brain
brake116025342brake
braky145015812braky
bran65740382bra_n
brand85124492brand
brank115222282brank
brans75437432brans
brant74742172brant
bras65746452bra_s
brash106221562brash
brasil8713862brasil
brass75428022brass
brat66055542bra_t
brats75336012brats
brava106414792brava
brave104925502brave
bravi104715752bravi
bravo105214342bravo
brawer114216332brawer
brawled133910122brawled
brawler124310232brawler
brawlie12198152brawlie
brawns115614082brawns
brawny144710602brawny
braxy175410892braxy
bray95232902bra_y
brays106723112brays
braza165214252braza
braze165423452braze
brazil1779622brazil
brew95023562brew_
brews105617072brews
brill74819952brill
broil74918222broil
brow97228442brow_
brown105619532brown
brows105425982brows
craal74117752craal
craw97725262craw_
crawls114712082crawls
crawly144610762crawly
craws105723122craws
drail65020972drail
draw85623012draw_
drawls105511392drawls
drawly134910722drawly
drawn95614242drawn
draws95119372draws
frail85220212frail
graal64316502graal
grail64622872grail
growl96115822growl
kraal94511822kraal
oral47638122ora_l
pawl95123262_pawl
prawn105312432prawn
prowl105615122prowl
rail46147762_rail
raw67252252_raw_
rawly115115832_rawly
raws75238212_raws
scrawl11208092scrawl
shawl116217572shawl
sprawl11188062sprawl
trail55126772trail
trawls94412392trawls
wawl105321942_wawl
yawl104918972_yawl

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001051.47036598.6
3Display Results1051050.0303500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911051.79699493.9
 
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