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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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89 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
brawls11521433(None) 
bawls105719321b_awls
brails84621291brails
brawl106217961brawl_
brawly144312351brawly
brawns115614081brawns
braws106425191braw_s
crawls114712081crawls
drawls105511391drawls
trawls94412391trawls
awls75926092__awls
baals76122702b_aals
bails75933522b_ails
balls76236412b_alls
bals66354042b_a_ls
bawds116115492b_awds
bawl95326062b_awl_
becrawls1543622becrawls
blaws105620462blaw_s
borals86721912bora_ls
bowls106121432b_owls
braces108427772braces
brachs134415752brachs
bracts105617772bracts
bradawls1443672bradawls
brads85528292bra_ds
braes75735052bra_es
brags85625102bra_gs
braids95015692braids
brail75525552brail_
brains85125472brains
brakes124923122brakes
brands95118942brands
branks124817382branks
brans75437432bra_ns
brants85723052brants
bras65746452bra__s
brasils9410972brasils
brass75428022bra_ss
brats75336012bra_ts
bravas114913322bravas
braves115524082braves
bravos114711392bravos
braw94829562braw__
brawer114216332brawer
brawest123810482brawest
brawled133910122brawled
brawler124310232brawler
brawlers13408642brawlers
brawlie12198152brawlie
brawn106018562braw_n
brawny144710602brawny
brays106723112bra_ys
brazas175812432brazas
brazes175522192brazes
brazils1867752brazils
brewis11469982brewis
brews105617072brew_s
brills84916292brills
broils84114172broils
browns116415632browns
brows105425982brow_s
craals84113302craals
crawl104916712crawl_
crawly144610762crawly
craws105723122craw_s
drails74716952drails
drawl95516012drawl_
drawly134910722drawly
draws95119372draw_s
frails93716472frails
graals74112912graals
grails77518782grails
growls104711112growls
kraals10378432kraals
orals55826482ora_ls
pawls105617662_pawls
prawns11509022prawns
prowls115511082prowls
rails55937402_rails
rawly115115832_rawly
raws75238212_raw_s
scrawls12177282scrawls
shawls125411972shawls
sprawls12176372sprawls
trails64622512trails
trawl84915872trawl_
wawls115416472_wawls
yawls114613602_yawls

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551892.45333653.1
3Display Results89890.0165562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691892.82563253.5
 
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