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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 “drainer” 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.

55 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
drainer8301284(None) 
drained93713251drained
drainers92811251drainers
grainer83714061grainer
trainer73316791trainer
braider105112992braider
brained103816102brained
brainier102510232brainier
branner94212372branner
briner84519042br_iner
daiker115113032d_aiker
damner95213432d_amner
darner74017302d_arner
definer114413772definer
detainer92910792detainer
diner65632902d__iner
diviner11369882diviner
drabber12438592drabber
drafter11449422drafter
dragger10309172dragger
dragnet91211432dragnet
drain65222892drain__
drains73719402drain_s
draper94315692dra_per
drawer104711362dra_wer
drawler11338592drawler
drier64423962dr_i_er
drinker12349482dr_inker
driver104714492dr_iver
droner74717672dr_oner
drowner11369802drowner
fainer94717242_fainer
frailer10319942frailer
gainer74117492_gainer
grained93814272grained
grainers93012072grainers
grainier9218902grainier
mariner93315992mariner
ordainer945222ordainer
plainer93811982plainer
praiser93413942praiser
prawner1246802prawner
raider74318742_raider
railer64524932_railer
rained75024602_rained
rainier71614262_rainier
raiser66620102_raiser
ruiner64013642_ruiner
stainer73614922stainer
strainer8512222strainer
trailer73015392trailer
trained84117202trained
trainee72817792trainee
trainers83114642trainers
vainer93714572_vainer

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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671557.40614538.3
3Display Results55550.0461195.7
 (SQL Overall)178691558.20221786.3
 
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