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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 “bravest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
bravest12421175(None) 
braves115524081braves_
brawest123810481brawest
gravest114011631gravest
barest85327692b_arest
basest84720492b_asest
braces108427772braces_
braes75735052bra_es_
braggest1296532braggest
brakes124923122brakes_
brakiest143912242brakiest
braless92910562braless
brashest133511762brashest
bravas114913322bravas_
brave104925502brave__
braved124817442brave_d
bravely15428232bravely
braver114719042brave_r
bravers124715522bravers
bravery15428132bravery
bravoes12418532bravoes_
bravos114711392bravos_
brazes175522192brazes_
breves115516422breves_
brevet115717332breve_t
brevets12519392brevets
broadest1138572broadest
craves115825392craves_
graves104624002graves_
grayest11489362grayest
harvest132112752harvest
iratest7312482iratest
rarest65725482_rarest
raves85441972_raves_
rawest93615062_rawest
revest94623602_revest
suavest10310622suavest
traves94222742traves_
travesty1444482travesty

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671393.31332499.5
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.70248268.8
 
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