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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 “brotherly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
brotherly174379(None) 
brothel12318192brothe_l_
brothels13277072brothe_ls
brother123311332brother__
brothered1546002brothered
brothers133410832brother_s
motherly16346092_motherly
northerly1543522northerly
bitterly1335603b_itterly
blithely16104033blithe_ly
bootery1238983boot_er_y
botchedly2042593b_otchedly
botchery18366763b_otcher_y
bother115218063b_other__
bothered142110393b_othered
bothers124317753b_other_s
broguery1443313broguer_y
broidery14356083broider_y
brokenly1744203bro_kenly
brothering1646033brothering
brothy14519623broth___y
brutely1235933brut_e_ly
butcherly19252653butcherly
fatherly1745073_fatherly
frother133110153frother__
frothers14279813frother_s
frothily1745303froth_ily
mothery153710513_mother_y
properly1546463pro_perly
rottenly1144153_rottenly
smothery16296063smother_y
southerly1544183southerly
weatherly1844403weatherly
writerly1444153writ_erly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641347.69019329.1
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691348.12321998.2
 
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