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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 “broad” 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.

111 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
broad8481769(None) 
abroad9310941abroad
brad75234341br_ad
bread85523111bread
broads94515151broads
brood84620241brood
byroad1236621byroad
road56332111_road
aroid65428342aroid
bad67763152b__ad
bead75937922b_ead
bloat75229922bloat
blond85618372blond
blood85319522blood
boa56954032b_oa_
boar66134292b_oar
board85523002b_oard
boas66150832b_oas
boat66360312b_oat
bod67055542b_o_d
bold75432812b_old
bond75334362b_ond
booed85127272booed
bora66141632bora_
boral75831702boral
boras75938302boras
borax145918722borax
bored85034302bored
bra56339462br_a_
brads85528292br_ads
brae65639112br_ae
brag75229722br_ag
braid85822262braid
bran65740382br_an
brand85124492brand
bras65746452br_as
brat66055542br_at
braw94829562br_aw
bray95232902br_ay
breads95419202breads
bready124511182bready
break115319402break
bream95121812bream
bred75130972br_ed
breed85526692breed
briar75718152briar
briard94311292briard
bro56236602bro__
broach133611112broach
broadax1744452broadax
broaden10289142broaden
broader103412612broader
broadly1337152broadly
brocade1238532brocade
brock136017072brock
brogan9311042brogan
broil74918222broil
broke116019782broke
bromal10313652bromal
brome94421972brome
bromid112612892bromid
bromo95217202bromo
bronc91714342bronc
broo65129822bro_o
broods95416382broods
broody124510082broody
brook114717762brook
broom95022212broom
broos75126412broos
bros65635662bro_s
brose75227032brose
brosy106115382brosy
broth106521092broth
brow97228442bro_w
browed125216392browed
brown105619532brown
brows105425982brows
byroads1335292byroads
croak115216632croak
crowd115815622crowd
dread74419022dread
droid74218542droid
dryad10477582dryad
frond95316342frond
goad66830982_goad
grad66829862gr_ad
groan65618422groan
groat65531972groat
inroad737932inroad
load56730602_load
orad56031692or_ad
oread64619602oread
proa66229962proa_
proas75028802proas
prod76129502pro_d
proud84615482proud
rad47662002_r_ad
read55942532_read
roads66523622_roads
roam67132412_roam
roan47234202_roan
roar46328572_roar
rod47953892_ro_d
rood56733002_rood
toad55830182_toad
trad55630912tr_ad
tread64821702tread
triad65217722triad
troak95213572troak
trod57627952tro_d
woad85523942_woad

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 Limit538001111.59333772.8
3Display Results1111110.0303700.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911111.91993116.7
 
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