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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 “brainpan” 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.

29 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
brainpan124367(None) 
brainpans1343301brainpans
brainiac1245632brainiac
trainman1046232trainman
banian8315383b_a_nian
banyan1139483b_a_nyan
brain76229383brai___n
braincase1343683braincase
brained103816103brain_ed
brainiacs1343773brainiacs
brainier102510233brainier
brainily1337313brainily
braining113414683braining
brainish1338813brainish
brains85125473brain__s
brainwash1742663brainwash
brainy114815643brain__y
brakeman1644313brakeman
brannigan1242313brannigan
chainman1585193chainman
rainband1144663_rainband
randan7315253_ra_ndan
swanpan1243693swa_npan
taipan82410663_tai_pan
tragopan1144343tragopan
trainband1243123trainband
trainmen1046153trainmen
trainway1444223trainway
trapan82412973tra__pan

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162296.80021494.4
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691297.22024749.4
 
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