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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 “bronze” 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.

41 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
bronze17361092(None) 
bonze165119351b_onze
bronzed19308211bronzed
bronzer18348491bronzer
bronzes183510401bronzes
bronzy20306711bronzy
baronne938262baronne
blonde94813292blonde
bone65949322b_on_e
bonne75124712b_onne
bonzer175313672b_onzer
bonzes175116102b_onzes
booze164718912b_ooze
borne77926792born_e
braize174113112braize
braze165423452br_aze
breeze17298962breeze
brine75132272brin_e
broche133612102broche
brogue94211032brogue
broke116019782bro_ke
brome94421972bro_me
bromize20238822bromize
bronc91714342bron_c
bronco10179492bronco
broncs101611152broncs
bronzers19296982bronzers
bronzier1935632bronzier
brose75227032bro_se
brownie12178432brownie
browse115713852browse
crone75231332cron_e
croze164719452cro_ze
drone65324982dron_e
froze174515652fro_ze
grosze16457732grosze
irone55126362iron_e
ironize16610372ironize
krone94018732kron_e
prone75332622pron_e
trone55131862tron_e

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.43633887.9
3Display Results41410.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691412.77964300.5
 
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