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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 “brains” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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153 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
brains8512547(None) 
blains84516371blains
braids95015691braids
brails84621291brails
brain76229381brain_
brainy114815641brainy
brans75437431bra_ns
brawns115614081brawns
brins75533971br_ins
bruins86014951bruins
drains73719401drains
grains74223091grains
rains55140231_rains
trains64725341trains
ains46158882__ains
baaing94916162baaing
bails75933522b_ails
bairns86710872b_airns
baits76630582b_aits
banns75321232b_anns
bans66555142b_a_ns
bargains1178642bargains
baring95135852baring
barns76335142b_arns
barons85025382barons
basins85722762basins
beans75734692bea_ns
begins94415302begins
berlins93216012berlins
bins66548252b__ins
blain75421792blain_
braces108427772braces
brachs134415752brachs
bracing123817612bracing
bracings13369292bracings
bracts105617772bracts
brads85528292bra_ds
braes75735052bra_es
brags85625102bra_gs
braid85822262brai_d
brail75525552brai_l
brained103816102brained
brainish1338812brainish
braise84318752braise
braises93818872braises
braize174113112braize
braizes183112452braizes
brakes124923122brakes
braking143917712braking
bran65740382bra_n_
brand85124492bra_nd
brands95118942brands
brank115222282bra_nk
branks124817382branks
branny115111832branny
brant74742172bra_nt
brants85723052brants
bras65746452bra__s
brasils9410972brasils
brass75428022bra_ss
brats75336012bra_ts
bravas114913322bravas
braves115524082braves
braving133714612braving
bravos114711392bravos
brawls115214332brawls
brawn106018562brawn_
brawny144710602brawny
braws106425192bra_ws
braxies16711462braxies
braying134416312braying
brays106723112bra_ys
brazas175812432brazas
brazens18418712brazens
brazes175522192brazes
brazils1867752brazils
brazing193715112brazing
brens75823362br_ens
briars84814822briars
bries74942152br_ies
brigs85823222br_igs
brims94721622br_ims
brin67038192br_in_
brine75132272br_ine
brines85028852br_ines
bring85528502br_ing
brings94618432br_ings
brink116122002br_ink
brinks124616312br_inks
briny104719662br_iny
brios74725722br_ios
bris65539612br_i_s
briss75824272br_iss
brits76433082br_its
broils84114172broils
bromins112513782bromins
browns116415632browns
brucins1158002brucins
bruin75818332bruin_
bruits85714452bruits
burans85019302bura_ns
burins84221892burins
cains75334302_cains
chains114819702chains
drails74716952drails
drain65222892drain_
elains64919852elains
frails93716472frails
gains65729512_gains
gradins93416232gradins
grails77518782grails
grain65126252grain_
grainy103914212grainy
grans64832542gra_ns
gratins84119182gratins
grins65427222gr_ins
groins73917202groins
kains96125642_kains
kraits104912202kraits
mains75635112_mains
obtains939162obtains
orcins83313432orcins
ordains879652ordains
orpins83614162orpins
pains75138282_pains
plains85019592plains
prawns11509022prawns
raias54631122_raias
raids65827512_raids
rails55937402_rails
rain46251732_rain_
rainy85921082_rainy
rais45252622_rai_s
ranis55235832_ranis
ravins94622562_ravins
rawins95617622_rawins
reins56234562_reins
rins46153192_r_ins
ruins55822032_ruins
sains55639972_sains
sarins63932622sarins
sprains93013592sprains
stains64923652stains
strains74218152strains
swains94513952swains
tains54936322_tains
traiks104013712traiks
trails64622512trails
train56529112train_
traits65121982traits
trans54933042tra_ns
twains95811182twains
wains86930872_wains

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit825511533.26625275.9
3Display Results1531530.0463326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911533.68548491.5
 
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