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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 “forebrain” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
forebrain144516(None) 
forebrains1544621forebrains
foreordain1452152foreordain
foreran10311792fore_ra_n
birdbrain1452323birdbrain
cornbraid1453683cornbraid
firebrand1544633firebrand
firebrat1348143firebra_t
firebrats1445883firebrats
forbearing1644803forbearing
forearming1644193forearming
forebay1538133foreb_a_y
forebays1637263foreb_ays
forebear1346383forebea_r
forebears1446413forebears
foreboding1744213foreboding
foreman12312363fore_ma_n
foreordains1552163foreordains
forerank1546753fore_rank
forerun1037653fore_r_un
foresaid1247803fore_said
foresail1147823fore_sail
foreskin1547023fore_skin
forewarn14117173fore_warn
lamebrain1343503lamebrain
pretrain10310923_pretrain
refrain10310043__refrain
retrain7615423__retrain

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641286.50022867.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.91925826.1
 
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