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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 “brakemen” 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.

69 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
brakemen164484(None) 
brakeman1644311brakeman
bargemen1346402bargemen
basemen1139082b_asemen
breakeven1841802breakeven
axemen1547493__axemen
badmen114613833b_a_dmen
bagmen115412533b_a_gmen
bakemeat1655273b_akemeat
baleen8613053b_ale_en
bargeman1345143bargeman
barkeep1536363barke_ep
barmen105418533b_a_rmen
baseman1138553b_aseman
basement12311493b_asement
batmen104414303b_a_tmen
batsmen1146883b_atsmen
baymen134212003b_a_ymen
beadmen12299453bea_dmen
beadsmen1385883beadsmen
bedemen12910183b_edemen
boardmen1344073boardmen
boatmen1146913boa_tmen
boatsmen1245283boatsmen
bookmen15126263book_men
bracelet12310693bracelet
bracken15409813bra_cken
bracketed1855863bracketed
brake116025343brak__e_
brakeage1544013brakeage
brakeages1643973brakeages
braked135318693brak__ed
brakeless1544993brakeless
brakes124923123brak__es
brakier133812363brak_ier
brazen174812453bra__zen
brazened20134903brazened
breakevens1951223breakevens
broken124011523brok__en
brokered1536083brokered
buckeen1536703bucke_en
cavemen1437143_cavemen
cracksmen1943073cracksmen
cragsmen1344763cragsmen
dragomen1245013dragomen
draymen1335233dra_ymen
freemen1238463fr_eemen
garagemen1363763garagemen
gatemen1047603_gatemen
gravamen1443933gravamen
kraken955883krak__en
marksmen1644533marksmen
pikemen1535333_pikemen
placemen1445783placemen
premen105017803pr__emen
raceme1039733_raceme_
racemed1237013_racemed
racemes1139093_racemes
ragmen93712183_ra_gmen
rakee96031173_rake_e_
rakees104516973_rake_es
ramen75625193_ra__men
sokemen1337053_sokemen
spacemen1445413spacemen
trackmen1635573trackmen
tradesmen1244903tradesmen
trainmen1046153trainmen
trashmen1346563trashmen
whalemen1644473whalemen

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 Limit146162697.42319690.4
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691697.87322696.7
 
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