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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 “briard” 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.

29 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
briard9431129(None) 
briar75718151briar_
briards10398551briards
briars84814821briars
briary114912001briary
ariary94114202ariary
bard75648862b__ard
bayard124411662bayard
beard86024962b_eard
bird76128322b_i_rd
board85523002b_oard
boyard125411282boyard
brad75234342br_a_d
braid85822262br_aid
brand85124492br_and
bread85523112brea_d
bribed115312842bribed
brier74527402brier_
briers85319732briers
briery114510772briery
brigand1136642brigand
brined95118412brined
broad84817692broa_d
friar85414272friar_
friars93812092friars
friary124010092friary
liard65418592_liard
ritard74812082_ritard
triad65217722tria_d

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 Filter178691825510.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit82551292.79629524.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.35853213.5
 
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