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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 “break” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

115 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
break11531940(None) 
beak106534381b_eak
bleak115915381bleak
bread85523111bread
breaks124816421breaks
bream95121811bream
creak115418431creak
freak125115241freak
wreak125513271wreak
apeak115513452apeak
arak86929572ar_ak
area45843392area_
areae55229742areae
areal55928732areal
areas55935772areas
bead75937922b_ead
beaks115326622b_eaks
beaky146118022b_eaky
beam86939232b_eam
bean66443862b_ean
bear66844642b_ear
beat66168302b_eat
beau66137272b_eau
beck126226572b_eck
berake124216082berake
berk105929842b_erk
bleaks125112432bleaks
blear75918682blear
bleat75737002bleat
boreal84817212boreal
boreas85421732boreas
bra56339462br_a_
brad75234342br_ad
brae65639112br_ae
braes75735052braes
brag75229722br_ag
brake116025342br_ake
braky145015812br_aky
bran65740382br_an
brank115222282brank
bras65746452br_as
brat66055542br_at
braw94829562br_aw
bray95232902br_ay
breach134213722breach
breads95419202breads
bready124511182bready
breaker133912922breaker
breakup1543462breakup
breams104815042breams
breast8319632breast
breath113916262breath
bred75130972bre_d
brede85520502brede
bree67241262bre_e
breed85526692breed
breeks125310792breeks
brees75632552brees
bren65629562bre_n
brens75823362brens
brent75734132brent
breve105317052breve
brew95023562bre_w
brews105617072brews
briar75718152briar
brick134618152brick
brink116122002brink
brisk115615982brisk
broad84817692broad
brock136017072brock
brook114717762brook
brusk114912432brusk
bureau8712522bureau
creaks124315962creaks
creaky154911552creaky
cream95721352cream
creek114917392creek
croak115216632croak
dread74419022dread
dream85120392dream
drear65016902drear
dreck124812802dreck
drek96321092dre_k
freaks134713062freaks
freaky16439232freaky
great66034242great
greek105915942greek
leak86233712_leak
oread64619602oread
peak106535202_peak
phreak1536152phreak
read55942532_read
real45750292_real
ream65841612_ream
reap65934742_reap
rear45644552_rear
reck106130562_reck
reek85232522_reek
screak125311062screak
sneak96016172sneak
speak114618672speak
steak95219802steak
streak104613622streak
teak85930842_teak
tread64821702tread
treat56240352treat
trek86222312tre_k
troak95213572troak
tweak1257752tweak
urea46528052urea_
ureal56722682ureal
ureas55826012ureas
weak117126302_weak
wreaks134711112wreaks
wreck144611042wreck

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001151.40638264.6
3Display Results1151150.0333484.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911151.735102991.9
 
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