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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 “briefs” 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.

73 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
briefs11551007(None) 
brief105422601brief_
briers85319731briers
bries74942151brie_s
griefs10418721griefs
ariels65119372ariels
beefs105618562b_eefs
beliefs12448582beliefs
biers76225222b_iers
biffs134814412b_iffs
braes75735052brae_s
breeds94914882breeds
breeks125310792breeks
brees75632552br_ees
brens75823362br_ens
brews105617072br_ews
briars84814822briars
bribees11409282bribees
bribers114111502bribers
bribes105918532bribes
bricks144614622bricks
brides94423512brides
brie65837902brie__
briefed1335742briefed
briefer1235562briefer
briefers1335142briefers
briefest1335892briefest
briefly1534572briefly
brier74527402brie_r
briery114510772briery
brigs85823222bri_gs
brills84916292brills
brims94721622bri_ms
briners94315632briners
brines85028852brines
brings94618432brings
brinks124616312brinks
brins75533972bri_ns
brios74725722bri_os
bris65539612bri__s
brises84927612brises
brisks124611402brisks
briss75824272bri_ss
briths115113862briths
brits76433082bri_ts
britts84813442britts
buriers94017192buriers
buries84633272burie_s
chiefs14509652chiefs
criers83918582criers
cries75438402crie_s
debriefs1433532debriefs
driers74516732driers
dries64733672drie_s
fiefs116213702_fiefs
friers94718932friers
fries85535602frie_s
grief95319782grief_
griffs13398992griffs
kiefs126112202_kiefs
oriels64914622oriels
priers84521192priers
pries74339532prie_s
reefs85121662_reefs
refs75732242_r_efs
reifs84819092_reifs
riels55121332_riels
riffs115114612_riffs
rifs74929002_ri_fs
triens65417542triens
triers64321522triers
tries55742812trie_s
wries85827742wrie_s

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551732.64331233.8
3Display Results73730.0135615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691732.99959583.5
 
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