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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 “braying” 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.

135 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
braying13441631(None) 
baying125222581b_aying
bracing123817611bracing
braking143917711braking
braving133714611braving
brazing193715111brazing
draying123813841draying
fraying143413431fraying
graying124115881graying
praying133717321praying
raying105027191_raying
abrading1239502abrading
arraying1238752arraying
baaing94916162b_aaing
babying1537962babying
baking135626622b_aking
baling94829692b_aling
baning95127832b_aning
barbing123716992barbing
barding113822892barding
barfing134615092barfing
barging114018482barging
baring95135852b_aring
barking144724182barking
barning104320352barning
barring104021592barring
basing95427662b_asing
bating95132252b_ating
beading113221862beading
beaming123618802beaming
beaning103820682beaning
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
belaying143110602belaying
belying133612442belying
beraking153612972beraking
berating113220762berating
berrying14137382berrying
betraying1537712betraying
bewraying1834872bewraying
biasing103512452biasing
blading113615362blading
blaming123515692blaming
blaring104317112blaring
blawing134012752blawing
blazing193612392blazing
boating103721302boating
bodying1438972bodying
borating113414502borating
bracings13369292bracings
bradding13268932bradding
bragging13359332bragging
braiding123112702braiding
brailing113514792brailing
brain76229382bra_in_
braining113414682braining
brains85125472bra_ins
brainy114815642bra_iny
braising113014562braising
branding122513682branding
brandying1654882brandying
branning112911092branning
brassing112612302brassing
bravoing1445992bravoing
brawling143210042brawling
breading123515462breading
breaking153914252breaking
breaming133612512breaming
brewing133411152brewing
bribing123111042bribing
bring85528502br__ing
brining103216472brining
broking143514822broking
bruting102612992bruting
bruxing17236822bruxing
buoying13379952buoying
burying133413912burying
busying134211992busying
buying124213832b_uying
claying133614302claying
craning103620302craning
craping124018712craping
crating103725202crating
craving134015732craving
crazing193914582crazing
crying123612282cr_ying
draping114213352draping
drawing123812052drawing
drying113411602dr_ying
erasing8317962erasing
faying134521072_faying
flaying143914462flaying
foraying1537432foraying
framing133014792framing
frayings15325992frayings
frying134511402fr_ying
gracing113216442gracing
grading103918712grading
grating93923182grating
graving123114562graving
grayling1338002grayling
grazing183514552grazing
greying124110892greying
haying134420612_haying
laying104525702_laying
maying124421152_maying
okaying1534832okaying
orating83520322orating
paying123722162_paying
playing133816092playing
prating103424452prating
preying133114552preying
prying124114802pr_ying
racing95030532_racing
raging85126432_raging
raking114728422_raking
raping94829852_raping
raring74332872_raring
rasing74330832_rasing
rating74938702_rating
raving105128852_raving
raxing144321022_raxing
razing164524542_razing
saying104325542_saying
slaying113316842slaying
spaying133014622spaying
spraying14299882spraying
staying114017322staying
straying122912692straying
swaying143610642swaying
tracing103720152tracing
trading93517972trading
trying104214072tr_ying
varying1429722varying
wrying13379622wr_ying

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711353.31032529.0
3Display Results1351350.0462934.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911353.73247880.8
 
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