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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 “bronzy” 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.

33 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
bronzy2030671(None) 
bronze173610921bronze
barony115915302baron_y
blowzy23516672blowzy
boney105227312b_oney
bonny105816622b_onny
bony96732082b_on_y
bonze165119352b_onze
boozy194917062b_oozy
brandy124712062brandy
branny115111832branny
breezy20295852breezy
briny104719662brin_y
briony1149042brion_y
brolly114510852brolly
bronc91714342bron_c
bronco10179492bronco
broncs101611152broncs
bronzed19308212bronzed
bronzer18348492bronzer
bronzes183510402bronzes
broody124510082broody
broomy13449952broomy
brosy106115382bro_sy
brothy14519622brothy
browny144510042browny
bryony1435832bryon_y
crony105918672cron_y
frenzy2135882frenzy
frouzy21395282frouzy
frowzy24485792frowzy
groszy19395702groszy
irony85015902iron_y

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.26636430.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.62568072.8
 
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