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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 “brews” 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.

172 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
brews10561707(None) 
braws106425191braws
brees75632551brees
brens75823361brens
brew95023561brew_
brewis11469981brewis
brows105425981brows
crews105917501crews
trews86118891trews
areas55935772areas
ares45871022are_s
bares75457132bare_s
bedews12398942bedews
beds75937782b_eds
beefs105618562beefs
beeps95320972beeps
beers75628392beers
bees65453382b_ees
beets76131442beets
begs75733832b_egs
bels66142492b_els
bens65945702b_ens
berets85822522berets
bergs84718042bergs
berks115423122berks
berms95323662berms
bes56557432b_e_s
bets67051442b_ets
beys913829552b_eys
biers76225222biers
blaws105620462blaws
blebs96416152blebs
bless75917812bless
blets75324942blets
blew94722432blew_
blows105423832blows
boreas85421732boreas
borers85122682borers
bores76448252bore_s
bows96242862b_ows
brads85528292brads
braes75735052braes
brags85625102brags
brans75437432brans
bras65746452br_as
brass75428022brass
brats75336012brats
braw94829562braw_
brawl106217962brawl
brawls115214332brawls
brawn106018562brawn
brawns115614082brawns
brays106723112brays
bread85523112bread
breads95419202breads
break115319402break
breaks124816422breaks
bream95121812bream
breams104815042breams
breast8319632breast
bred75130972bre_d
brede85520502brede
bredes94818472bredes
bree67241262bre_e
breed85526692breed
breeds94914882breeds
breeks125310792breeks
bren65629562bre_n
brent75734132brent
brents84717272brents
breve105317052breve
breves115516422breves
brewed125411872brewed
brewer114812552brewer
brewers123811062brewers
brewski16101922brewski
briefs115510072briefs
briers85319732briers
bries74942152bries
brigs85823222brigs
brims94721622brims
brins75533972brins
brios74725722brios
bris65539612br_is
briss75824272briss
brits76433082brits
broos75126412broos
bros65635662br_os
brow97228442brow_
brown105619532brown
browns116415632browns
browse115713852browse
bruts75922952bruts
burets84321262burets
byes95230532bye_s
byres104421382byre_s
chews135418512chews
clews105516332clews
craws105723122craws
creds85418772creds
cress75022832cress
crew96122682crew_
crows105727312crows
dews86230602_dews
draws95119372draws
drees65628522drees
dregs76114862dregs
dreks105714752dreks
dress65319832dress
drew86221672drew_
flews115316442flews
frees86131392frees
frets85523402frets
frows116623102frows
grees65132472grees
grew85620262grew_
greys96614852greys
grows95523922grows
hews105631572_hews
ires45639282ire_s
jews145822082_jews
krewe1238192krewe
krewes1337922krewes
mews96629332_mews
news76127372_news
ores46056682ore_s
pews95731532_pews
plews105415352plews
prees75937172prees
preps96220692preps
press75425952press
preys105717782preys
prows106327012prows
raws75238212_raws
rebs65733562_rebs
recs65734182_recs
reds56042862_reds
rees45364192_rees
refs75732242_refs
regs55436572_regs
reis45343232_reis
rems66237722_rems
reps65937952_reps
res35565042_re_s
rets45352562_rets
revs75027052_revs
rows75941752_rows
screws115513892screws
sews75836022_sews
shews115924712shews
shrews129313922shrews
skews125413802skews
slews86220352slews
smews104612292smews
spews105015922spews
stews85519142stews
strews96817102strews
tews76431642_tews
thews117416192thews
trees55835762trees
treks96016852treks
tres46542902tre_s
tress55423162tress
trets55928022trets
treys85018212treys
trows88826182trows
ureas55826012ureas
views11489642views
vrows116115262vrows
whews145114492whews
wrens85016242wrens
yews105323962_yews

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001721.62333148.5
3Display Results1721720.0503440.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911721.98689975.3
 
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