Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “featherbrained” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
featherbrained237155(None) 
featherbrain20122342featherbrain__
featherbrains21132242featherbrain_s
scatterbrained197713scatterbrained
featherbed19174664featherb____ed
featherbedded2471604featherb_edded
featherheaded2461864featherhea_ded
weatherboarded2471504weatherboarded
entertained1245175_ent_er_tained
fatherland1753005f_ather_la_n_d
featherbedding25111435featherbeddin_g
featherbeddings26141255featherbeddings
featherbeds20193575featherb____eds
feathered16188895feathe__r___ed
featheredged21102055feathe__redged
featheredging2261485featheredgin_g
featherhead2153065featherhea___d
featherier1645805feathe__r_i_er
feathering17108795feathe__r_in_g
featherings18105375feathe__r_ings
harebrained1752425_ha_re_brained
lamebrained1651555_la_me_brained
rattlebrained166925_rattlebrained
scatterbrain1661315scatterbrain__
scatterbrains1761245scatterbrain_s
weatherboard2152965weatherboa__rd
weatherized2745175weathe__r_ized
weatherproofed2671345weatherproofed

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024286.64014310.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.02925422.0
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.