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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 “bruising” 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.

32 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
bruising1127914(None) 
braising113014561braising
bruiting11259971bruiting
cruising112610151cruising
arising83619972ar_ising
bousing103718042bou_sing
braiding123112702braiding
brailing113514792brailing
braining113414682braining
brassing112612302brassing
bribing123111042br_ibing
brining103216472br_ining
brisking15329472br_isking
brisling112410842br_isling
broiling113112012broiling
browsing14319352browsing
brushing14359962brushing
bruting102612992bru_ting
bruxing17236822bru_xing
busing96420592b_u_sing
bussing103614622b_ussing
cruisings12214112cruisings
debruising1443522debruising
fruiting12229062fruiting
guising93511412_guising
irising83614422ir_ising
praising113214562praising
prising103321452pr_ising
raising83220532_raising
rising74025882_r_ising
ruining83514882_ruining
trussing9268652trussing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059323.81331749.0
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691324.20342515.1
 
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