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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 “hairbrushes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
hairbrushes195169(None) 
airbrushes1552171_airbrushes
airbrushed1651552_airbrushed
hairbrush1751802hairbrush__
nailbrushes1651302nailbrushes
airbrush1342343_airbrush__
airbuses1067073_airb_us_es
airbusses1153613_airb_usses
hagbushes1842563ha_gb_ushes
paintbrushes197893paintbrushes
sagebrushes1751553sagebrushes
tarbushes1444883ta_rb_ushes
airbrushing1761384_airbrushing
airbursts1142574_airburs_ts
ambushes1535804_a_mb_ushes
backrushes2143774ba_ckrushes
brushes124014664____brushes
buckbrushes2451584buckbrushes
hairdresser1551934hairdresser
hairdressers1651424hairdressers
hairinesses14198944hairinesses
inrushes1136274__i_nrushes
maybushes1942444ma_yb_ushes
nailbrush1451184nailbrush__
rabbitbrushes197524rabbitbrushes
railbuses1143624railb_us_es
railbusses1252034railb_usses
saltbushes1542164saltb_ushes
shadbushes1951814sha_db_ushes
snowbrushes1951424snowbrushes
tarbooshes1542244ta_rbooshes
underbrushes1852204underbrushes

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819329.34315928.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.79518243.1
 
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