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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 “brows” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

212 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
brows10542598(None) 
blows105423831blows
bows96242861b_ows
braws106425191braws
brews105617071brews
broos75126411broos
bros65635661bro_s
brow97228441brow_
brown105619531brown
browns116415631browns
browse115713851browse
crows105727311crows
frows116623101frows
grows95523921grows
prows106327011prows
rows75941751_rows
trows88826181trows
vrows116115261vrows
arrows92813482arrows
avows114910982avows
barlows12259972barlows
barons85025382barons
barrows123411682barrows
belows114614182belows
biogs85016112biogs
bios66335322bio_s
biros75325132biro_s
blaws105620462blaws
blobs95620032blobs
blocs95219652blocs
blogs85319232blogs
blots75626172blots
blow95827192blow_
blown105716672blown
blowsy14579452blowsy
blowy134315322blowy
boas66150832b_oas
bobs86340652b_obs
bods76244712b_ods
bogs75742752b_ogs
boobs96221992boobs
books115729712books
booms95427122booms
boons75031912boons
boors74325012boors
boos67955032b_oos
boots75837972boots
bops86037982b_ops
boras75938302boras
bores76448252bores
borks115727702borks
borons85520542borons
borrows12349252borrows
borts76735452borts
bos57966812b_o_s
boss65938342b_oss
bots66453952b_ots
bow87051902b_ow_
bowl96827702b_owl
bowls106121432b_owls
bowse105420632b_owse
boys96737332b_oys
brads85528292brads
braes75735052braes
brags85625102brags
brans75437432brans
bras65746452br_as
brass75428022brass
brats75336012brats
braw94829562braw_
brawl106217962brawl
brawls115214332brawls
brawn106018562brawn
brawns115614082brawns
brays106723112brays
brees75632552brees
brens75823362brens
brew95023562brew_
brewis11469982brewis
bries74942152bries
brigs85823222brigs
brims94721622brims
brins75533972brins
brios74725722brios
bris65539612br_is
briss75824272briss
brits76433082brits
bro56236602bro__
broad84817692broad
broads94515152broads
brock136017072brock
brocks145214152brocks
broil74918222broil
broils84114172broils
broke116019782broke
brome94421972brome
bromes104719762bromes
bromo95217202bromo
bromos104213312bromos
bronc91714342bronc
broncs101611152broncs
broo65129822bro_o
brood84620242brood
broods95416382broods
brook114717762brook
brooks125813882brooks
broom95022212broom
brooms104915872brooms
brose75227032brose
broses86524402broses
brosy106115382brosy
broth106521092broth
broths115013922broths
browed125216392browed
browny144510042browny
browsed134511232browsed
browser124911142browser
browses124712692browses
bruts75922952bruts
buoys104810632buoys
burrows12399092burrows
chows135618202chows
cows97046642_cows
craws105723122craws
crews105917502crews
crocs95722432crocs
crops96125232crops
cross75124502cross
crow96428132crow_
crowd115815622crowd
crowds124910762crowds
crown105620082crown
crowns115615112crowns
dhows125911222dhows
dows85941052_dows
draws95119372draws
drops85719502drops
dross65418092dross
drown95515822drown
drowns105612332drowns
drowse105010552drowse
drowsy13487902drowsy
enows85115492enows
eros45238452ero_s
flows115822362flows
froes86126692froes
frogs96220772frogs
frons86124042frons
frow106425052frow_
frown115415972frown
frowns126011392frowns
frowst125512072frowst
frowsy15498272frowsy
glows95518032glows
grogs76319412grogs
groks105716122groks
gross65421692gross
grots65025852grots
grow86127302grow_
growl96115822growl
growls104711112growls
grown95317352grown
hows106345602_hows
irons55324132irons
jows146632092_jows
knows124912412knows
lows75843012_lows
meows104612682meows
mows96340832_mows
nows75738232_nows
plows105419902plows
pows95537662_pows
proas75028802proas
prods85523552prods
profs105120892profs
progs86624152progs
proms95426412proms
props95726882props
pros65742782pro_s
pross76529402pross
prow97030382prow_
prowl105615122prowl
prowls115511082prowls
raws75238212_raws
robs65837872_robs
rocs65533662_rocs
rods56442062_rods
roes45954142_roes
roms67038962_roms
rots46454092_rots
row67453672_row_
scows106617802scows
serows96016392serows
shows115324582shows
slows85323462slows
snows84719892snows
sows75342492_sows
stows86622702stows
strows96718272strows
throws129715232throws
tows78545552_tows
trews86118892trews
trogs67022602trogs
trois57226092trois
trots56629942trots
trow78031422trow_
troys86418612troys
vows106626942_vows
vrouws12494742vrouws
vrow105817472vrow_
wows104633492_wows
yows106433122_yows

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538002121.65632487.9
3Display Results2122120.0464608.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912121.99889434.9
 
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