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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 “brewis” 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.

36 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
brewis1146998(None) 
brews105617071brew_s
bewig1138902b_ewig
bewigs1246532b_ewigs
brawls115214332brawls
brawns115614082brawns
braws106425192braw_s
breads95419202breads
breaks124816422breaks
breams104815042breams
bredes94818472bredes
breeds94914882breeds
breeks125310792breeks
brees75632552bre_es
brens75823362bre_ns
brents84717272brents
breves115516422breves
brew95023562brew__
brewed125411872brewed
brewer114812552brewer
brewers123811062brewers
brewing133411152brewing
brewings14296692brewings
brewises1337212brewises
brewskis17111892brewskis
bris65539612br__is
browns116415632browns
brows105425982brow_s
crews105917502crew_s
krewes1337922krewes
lewis85315842_lewis
precis103416702precis
reis45343232_re_is
rewin85623962_rewin
rewins95020822_rewins
trews86118892trew_s

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.43633887.9
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.76664602.7
 
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