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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 “briary” 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
briary11491200(None) 
ariary94114201ariary
briar75718151briar_
briard94311291briard
briars84814821briars
briery114510771briery
friary124010091friary
apiary113910382apiary
aviary12338412aviary
bialy105119322b_ialy
biliary1238212biliary
binary11312222binary
bleary115112552bleary
brainy114815642brainy
braky145015812br_aky
braxy175410892br_axy
bray95232902br_a_y
bready124511182bready
breviary1642612breviary
briards10398552briards
bribery14426482bribery
bricky17489092bricky
brier74527402brier_
briers85319732briers
briny104719662bri_ny
briony1149042briony
bursary12397582bursary
diary95016972_diary
dreary104611672dreary
friar85414272friar_
friarly13316212friarly
friars93812092friars
primary1437702primary
priory114110262priory
trinary1039172trinary
urinary1037242urinary

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551364.53318211.1
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.66938271.8
 
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